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Re: [tor-bugs] #17248 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Investigate new WebExtensions API requirements for our extensions

#17248: Investigate new WebExtensions API requirements for our extensions
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 Reporter:  gk                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  task                      |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201512      |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:15 yawning]:
 > Having to start firefox with the privileges/capabilities that tor needs
 is horrific and is something that we should move away from unless we have
 a lot of faith in Firefox acquiring decent security/sandboxing.

 Well seems like the faith paid off ;) FF acquired Chromium-level
 sandboxing on all three major platforms and should be more and more
 restricted for the upcoming esr FF59:
 https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Sandbox
 https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Sandbox/Specifics

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