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Torbutton 1.2.0rc2 released



The second release candidate for the next stable series of the
security-enhanced Torbutton Firefox extension has been released.
This release features a fix for an annoying bug on MacOS, and adds
much clamored for options to start Firefox in a specific Tor state.

The same issues and concerns around Firefox 3 still exist. Please see
http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Jun-2008/msg00044.html and
https://torbutton.torproject.org/dev/design/#FirefoxSecurity

As always, if you have Torbutton 1.1.14+ installed, the release is
available via "Find Updates" in your Firefox addons window, or at:
https://torbutton.torproject.org/dev/

Here is the complete changelog:
 * bugfix: MacOS: Fix broken Tor state/toggle issues when all windows
   are closed but app stays open
 * misc: Potential performance improvements when many windows+tabs are open
 * new: Add 'locked mode' pref to allow users to disable one-click toggling
 * new: Add prefs to start Firefox with a specific Tor state.

-- 
Mike Perry
Mad Computer Scientist
fscked.org evil labs

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