[tbb-bugs] #14118 [Tor Browser]: Holding down SHIFT button while starting Tor Browser starts it in non-Tor mode

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#14118: Holding down SHIFT button while starting Tor Browser starts it in non-Tor
mode
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 Reporter:  s7r          |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:
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 Holding down SHIFT button while starting Tor Browser starts it in non-Tor
 mode.

 Apparently it's a Firefox kind of a safe mode startup, in which all the
 extensions, addons and plugins are disabled. Obviously, this will prevent
 Tor launcher / Tor button to do their job (starting the background Tor
 process, etc.).

 I think this is a 'feature' we could remove, for the sake of every user
 category. Holding by mistake the SHIFT key down when clicking to start
 something is not so hard and could accidentally happen. If this 'feature'
 does not help Tor Browser in any way and it can be removed without
 breaking something else, we should remove/disable it?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/14118>
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