[tor-bugs] #8502 [Torbutton]: New Torbutton addon menu not inspiring any confidence

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#8502: New Torbutton addon menu not inspiring any confidence
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 Reporter:  Anna         |          Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:     
Component:  Torbutton    |        Version:     
 Keywords:               |         Parent:     
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:     
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 The new addon dialog really bothers me.  I understand the goal is to
 reduce fingerprinting by reducing user options but its kind of a basic
 social psychology thing that when you want concerned people to trust you,
 you have to demonstrate that you really can do things to help keep them
 safe and Torbutton's reduced menus aren't inspiring any such confidence. I
 really, really don't like not being able to see the various privacy
 features of Tor and verify that they're set to work the way I expect them
 to.

 I understand that there's documentation users can read and I trust that
 the Tor people continue to add features that make us safer (though not
 necessarily that features will always be configured for the best security
 right out of the box), but since the recent changes, I find myself
 worrying more about if Tor is still doing all the things I expect because
 suddenly the addon menus only cover a couple of privacy features and all
 the rest is hidden.

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