[Pkg-privacy-maintainers] Bug#821093: Bug#821093: torbrowser should be usable as sensible-browser

[Roger Shimizu]

control: tags -1 +wontfix

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 7:03 AM Sandro Knauß <hefee at debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> you can use torbrowser-launcher as sensible-browser, if you start torbrowser
> every time with --allow-remote. See [15185] that is the upstream bug.
>
> so first console:
> ~/.local/share/torbrowser/tbb/x86_64/tor-browser_{LANG}/Browser/start-tor-
> browser  --allow-remote https://check.torproject.org/
> second console open a new tab:
> ~/.local/share/torbrowser/tbb/x86_64/tor-browser_{LANG}/Browser/start-tor-
> browser --allow-remote https://check.torproject.org/
>
> even --new-window, --new-tab and --detach works like you expected them.
>
> hefee
>
> [15185] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15185_______________________________________________

I think adding "--allow-remote" to start TBB is NOT a solution.
>From the information from upstream ticket [15185]:

====
Unlike Firefox, Tor Browser defaults to --no-remote. So for that to
work you need to have started it with --allow-remote.
I believe the reason for disabling this by default is making
foot-shooting harder for users. So keep that in mind.
(BTW, never try to run the firefox binary directly, unless you know
well what you're doing.)
====

so default "--no-remote" is set for good reason.
it makes less footprint on the host TBB is running.
so I prefer to set this ticket as wontfix until we find a better way.

Cheers,
-- 
Roger Shimizu, GMT +9 Tokyo
PGP/GPG: 4096R/6C6ACD6417B3ACB1