[tor-bugs] #25658 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Activity 2.1: Improve user understanding and user control by clarifying Tor Browser's security features

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#25658: Activity 2.1: Improve user understanding and user control by clarifying Tor
Browser's security features
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 Reporter:  isabela                              |          Owner:
                                                 |  antonela
     Type:  project                              |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-team, GeorgKoppen201812,          |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201903R, tbb-8.5                 |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor17
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Comment (by pospeselr):

 Replying to [comment:92 mcs]:
 > Thanks for the updated branches. Kathy and I noticed only a few
 remaining things:
 >
 > securityLevel.js - SecurityLevelStrings:
 >  Is it worth it to rely on the getLocale() function from Torbutton?
 >  (maybe your answer is "yes")

 My inclination is to leave it with the torbutton implementation, since it
 presumably works :)

 > Regarding the question you asked about how to handle the toolbar icons
 in an upgrade situation, I don't think there is a simple solution. You
 probably need to dig through
 `browser/components/customizableui/CustomizableUI.jsm` and figure out what
 to do. Hopefully you can do what is needed by using some combination of
 `addWidgetToArea()`, `removeWidgetFromArea()`, and
 `moveWidgetWithinArea()`. There is probaly also a way to get the UI to
 reconfigure itself after the `browser.uiCustomization.state` pref is
 modified, so you could edit that pref value via code... but we should
 probably avoid completely resetting everyone's toolbars to the default set
 of icons.

 I was more curious if there was a way to determine that the browser had
 been updated, so that we can then put the Security Level button in the
 toolbar. Inserting the button is just a matter of finding the right js to
 call.

 new branch with latest tor-browser changes:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/richard/tor-
 browser.git/commit/?h=bug_25658_v4

 Screenshot with updated about:preferences ui:
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/25658/screenshot06.png

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