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Clarify that YouTube should work in the Tor Browser, and does not require flash

Colin Childs authored on 05/05/2016 01:21:31
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 <section id="flash">
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 <title>Flash Player</title>
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  <p>
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- Video websites, such as YouTube and Vimeo, make use of the
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- Flash Player plugin to display video content. Unfortunately, this
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- software operates independently of Tor Browser and cannot easily be
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- made to obey Tor Browser’s proxy settings. It can therefore reveal your
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- real location and IP address to the website operators, or to an outside
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- observer. For this reason, Flash is disabled by default in Tor Browser,
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- and enabling it is not recommended.
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+ Video websites, such as Vimeo make use of the Flash Player plugin
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+ to display video content. Unfortunately, this software operates
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+ independently of Tor Browser and cannot easily be made to obey Tor
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+ Browser’s proxy settings. It can therefore reveal your real location
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+ and IP address to the website operators, or to an outside observer.
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+ For this reason, Flash is disabled by default in Tor Browser, and
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+ enabling it is not recommended.
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  </p>
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  <p>
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- Some video websites offer alternative video delivery methods that do
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- not use Flash. These methods may be compatible with Tor Browser.
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+ Some video websites (such as YouTube) offer alternative video delivery
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+ methods that do not use Flash. These methods may be compatible with
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+ Tor Browser.
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  </p>
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 </section>
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 timelines. Unfortunately, JavaScript can also enable attacks on the
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 security of the browser, which might lead to deanonymization.
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 <p>
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 Tor Browser includes an add-on called NoScript, accessed through the
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 “S” icon at the top-left of the window, which allows you to control the
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 Tor Browser is based on Firefox, and any browser add-ons or themes that
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 are compatible with Firefox can also be installed in Tor Browser.
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 <p>
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 However, the only add-ons that have been tested for use with Tor Browser
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 are those included by default. Installing any other browser