[tor-bugs] #21961 [Applications/Tor Browser]: should torbrowser enable network.IDN_show_punycode by default?

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#21961: should torbrowser enable network.IDN_show_punycode by default?
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  High                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201912      |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by Thorin):

 The downside is it will display legitimate IDN's punycoded, which might be
 undesirable for users of non-latin alphabets. From a usability
 perspective, this should be a no go: but maybe if could be flipped with
 `privacy.spoof_english` - but that's mixing privacy and security up. If
 anything, it would fit better being flipped in the slider.

 Personally: I think this is an end-user problem, and there is no magic
 solution: of course better solutions upstream or at the domain registering
 level etc are always welcome.

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