removed some obviously outdated torbutton questions. addresses parts of #6567
Moritz Bartl

Moritz Bartl commited on 2013-03-06 13:06:30
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     <h3>Questions</h3>
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     <br>
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     <ul>
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-    <li><a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#nojavascript">When I toggle Tor, my sites that use javascript stop working. Why?</a></li>
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-    <li><a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#noreloads">I can't click on links or hit reload after I toggle Tor! Why?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#noflash">I can't view videos on YouTube and other flash-based sites. Why?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#oldtorbutton">Torbutton sure seems to do a lot of things, some of which I find annoying. Can't I just use the old version?</a></li>
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-    <li><a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#weirdstate">My browser is in some weird state where nothing works right!</a></li>
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     <li><a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#noautocomplete">When I use Tor, Firefox is no longer filling in logins/search boxes for me. Why?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#thunderbird">What about Thunderbird support? I see a page, but it is the wrong version?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#extensionconflicts">Which Firefox extensions should I avoid using?</a></li>
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     </ul>
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     <br>
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-    <a id="nojavascript"></a>
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-    <strong><a class="anchor" href="#nojavascript">When I toggle Tor, my sites that use javascript stop working. Why?</a></strong>
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-    <p>
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-    Javascript can do things like wait until you have disabled Tor before trying
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-    to contact its source site, thus revealing your IP address. As such, Torbutton
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-    must disable Javascript, Meta-Refresh tags, and certain CSS behavior when Tor
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-    state changes from the state that was used to load a given page. These features
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-    are re-enabled when Torbutton goes back into the state that was used to load
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-    the page, but in some cases (particularly with Javascript and CSS) it is
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-    sometimes not possible to fully recover from the resulting errors, and the
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-    page is broken. Unfortunately, the only thing you can do (and still remain
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-    safe from having your IP address leak) is to reload the page when you toggle
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-    Tor, or just ensure you do all your work in a page before switching tor state.
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-    </p>
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-    <a id="noreloads"></a>
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-    <strong><a class="anchor" href="#noreloads">I can't click on links or hit reload after I toggle Tor! Why?</a></strong>
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-    <p>
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-    Due to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409737">Firefox
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-    Bug 409737</a>, pages can still open popups and perform Javascript redirects
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-    and history access after Tor has been toggled. These popups and redirects can
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-    be blocked, but unfortunately they are indistinguishable from normal user
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-    interactions with the page (such as clicking on links, opening them in new
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-    tabs/windows, or using the history buttons), and so those are blocked as a
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-    side effect. Once that Firefox bug is fixed, this degree of isolation will
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-    become optional (for people who do not want to accidentally click on links and
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-    give away information via referrers). A workaround is to right click on the
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-    link, and open it in a new tab or window. The tab or window won't load
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-    automatically, but you can hit enter in the URL bar, and it will begin
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-    loading. Hitting enter in the URL bar will also reload the page without
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-    clicking the reload button.
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-    </p>
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     <a id="noflash"></a>
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     <strong><a class="anchor" href="#noflash">I can't view videos on YouTube and
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     other Flash-based sites. Why?</a></strong>
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     If you are not concerned about being tracked by these sites (and sites that
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     try to unmask you by pretending to be them), and are unconcerned about your
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     local censors potentially noticing you visit them, you can enable plugins by
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-    going into the Torbutton Preferences-&gt;Security Settings-&gt;Dynamic Content
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-    tab and unchecking "Disable plugins during Tor usage" box. If you do this
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+    going into the Torbutton Preferences-&gt;Security Settings
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+    tab and unchecking "Disable browser plugins (such as Flash)" box. If you do this
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     without The Amnesic Incognito Live System or appropriate firewall
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     rules, we strongly suggest you at least use <a
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     href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722">NoScript</a> to <a
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     in this case to help you clear your Flash cookies.
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     </p>
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-    <p><em>The Tor Browser Bundle does not work with Flash or other plugins
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-    by design.  If you wish to run these plugins over Tor, you need to
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-    install Tor and configure your own instance of Firefox.</em></p>
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     <a id="oldtorbutton"></a>
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     <strong><a class="anchor" href="#oldtorbutton">Torbutton sure seems to do a lot of things, some of which I find
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     annoying. Can't I just use the old version?</a></strong>
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     </p>
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-    <a id="weirdstate"></a>
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-    <strong><a class="anchor" href="#weirdstate">My browser is in some weird state where nothing works right!</a></strong>
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-    <p>
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-    Try to disable Tor by clicking on the button, and then open a new window. If
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-    that doesn't fix the issue, go to the preferences page and hit 'Restore
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-    Defaults'. This should reset the extension and Firefox to a known good
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-    configuration.  If you can manage to reproduce whatever issue gets your
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-    Firefox wedged, please file details at <a
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-    href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/report/14">the bug tracker</a>.
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-    </p>
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     <a id="noautocomplete"></a>
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     <strong><a class="anchor" href="#noautocomplete">When I use Tor, Firefox is no longer filling in logins/search boxes
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     for me. Why?</a></strong>
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     version?</a></strong>
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     <p>
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-    Torbutton used to support basic proxy switching on Thunderbird back in the 1.0
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-    days, but that support has been removed because it has not been analyzed for
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-    security. My developer tools page on addons.mozilla.org clearly lists Firefox
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-    support only, so I don't know why they didn't delete that Thunderbird listing.
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-    I am not a Thunderbird user and unfortunately, I don't have time to analyze
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-    the security issues involved with toggling proxy settings in that app. It
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-    likely suffers from similar (but not identical) state and proxy leak issues
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-    with html mail, embedded images, javascript, plugins and automatic network
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-    access. My recommendation is to create a completely separate Thunderbird
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-    profile for your Tor accounts and use that instead of trying to toggle proxy
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-    settings. But if you really like to roll fast and loose with your IP, you
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-    could try another proxy switcher like ProxyButton, SwitchProxy or FoxyProxy
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-    (if any of those happen to support thunderbird).
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+    The Tor plugin for Thunderbird is called <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy">
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+    TorBirdy</a>.
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     </p>
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     <a id="extensionconflicts"></a>
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     Cookie Culler is a handy extension to give quick access to the cookie manager
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     in Firefox. It also provides the ability to protect certain cookies from
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-    deletion, but unfortunately, this behavior does not integrate well with Torbutton. Kory Kirk is working on addressing this for this Google Summer of Code project for 2009.
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+    deletion, but unfortunately, this behavior does not integrate well with Torbutton.
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