significant release of a specialized browser , which has transitioned to the ESR branch . The browser focuses on ensuring anonymity, security, and privacy, with all traffic routed solely through the Tor network. Direct access via the current system's standard network connection is impossible, which prevents tracking the user's real IP (in the case of a browser compromise, attackers may access system network parameters, so to fully block possible leaks, products such as ). Tor Browser builds are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Preparation for the new version for Android is delayed due to the transition to the codebase , developed within the Fenix project, using the GeckoView engine and a set of libraries . Until the new Tor Browser for Android is ready, support for the previous branch 9.5 will continue.
To provide additional protection, Tor Browser includes an extension , allowing traffic encryption on all sites where possible. To mitigate threats from JavaScript-based attacks and by default blocking plugins, an extension . To combat traffic blocking and inspection, the following are used and .
To establish an encrypted communication channel in environments that block any traffic except HTTP, alternative transports are offered, which allow, for example, to bypass attempts to block Tor in China. To protect against user tracking and to prevent the highlighting of characteristics specific to individual visitors, APIs such as WebGL, WebGL2, WebAudio, Social, SpeechSynthesis, Touch, AudioContext, HTMLMediaElement, Mediastream, Canvas, SharedWorker, Permissions, MediaDevices.enumerateDevices, and screen.orientation are disabled or restricted, and telemetry sending tools, Pocket, Reader View, HTTP Alternative-Services, MozTCPSocket, and "link rel=preconnect" have been disabled, along with modified libmdns.
In the new release, a transition to a new significant release and the ESR branch . The main focus in the development of Tor Browser 10 was on stabilizing the build based on the new ESR branch of Firefox, which is completely from the use of XBL (XML Binding Language) and XUL. The browser's included extensions have been updated to and Tor Launcher 0.2.25 (components using XUL have been replaced).
Various subsystems and modes have been disabled
Firefox 78, including and password autogenerator, setting media.webaudio.enabled, auto-detection of parental control systems and maintenance of related logs, against tracking movements (Tor Browser has its own tracking block system). several dozen settings.
It has been announced that support for the CentOS 6 distribution will soon be discontinued; beginning with the release of Tor Browser 10.5, support for this branch of CentOS will end.
Additionally, it can be noted specialized distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on Debian package base and designed to provide anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. Encryption is used to store user data in persistent mode between sessions. For download prepared , which can operate in Live mode, with a size of 1 GB.
In Tails Linux kernel updated to version 5.7.11, featuring new releases of Tor Browser 10, Thunderbird 68.12, and python3-trezor 0.11.6. The location of the Passwords.kdbx database in the KeePassXC password manager has been changed to (/home/amnesia/Passwords.kdbx instead of /home/amnesia/Persistent/keepassx.kdbx)
The Wi-Fi Hotspot toggle function has been removed from the network configurator, which does not work in Tails.
Added the ability to save language, keyboard, and additional settings configured through the Welcome Screen interface to persistent storage. These settings will be used in subsequent sessions after activating persistent storage in the Welcome Screen.
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