[tor-bugs] #10606 [Tor bundles/installation]: about:tor may fetch the "you're using Tor" page from browser cache

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#10606: about:tor  may fetch the "you're using Tor" page from browser cache
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     Reporter:  konotrea                  |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |    Version:
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Comment (by konotrea):

 Let's compare:

 1) The previous browser welcome page was saying: You are using Tor, your
 exit IP will be 11.22.33.44.
 I assume this page gets generated from the exit node.
 So the user could see: it works, and I won't be using my ISP's IP.

 2) The current welcome page (about:tor) is static, probably generated from
 the browser plugin. It looks as comforting as before but it might not tell
 the user if their traffic should - for any reason - _not_ be routed via
 Tor. (Either the tor browser plug could fail or some mechanism on the
 local machine could transparently redirect the traffic somewhere else)

 On the new welcome page there is a link to the old one (1). But i wonder
 why didn't we keep the old welcome page as the browser home page? Is there
 an advantage of about:tor?

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