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Re: [tor-bugs] #10394 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Torbrowser's updater updates HTTPS-everywhere

#10394: Torbrowser's updater updates HTTPS-everywhere
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 Reporter:  StrangeCharm                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  task                                |         Status:  reopened
 Priority:  Medium                              |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser            |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                              |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-security, TorBrowserTeam201711  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                      |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                      |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * keywords:  tbb-security, TorBrowserTeam201711R => tbb-security,
     TorBrowserTeam201711
 * resolution:  fixed =>
 * cc: legind (added)


Comment:

 Firefox does not like our trick in a WebExtensions context:
 {{{
 1510514437300   addons.webextension.<unknown>   ERROR   Loading extension
 'null': Reading manifest: Error processing applications.gecko.update_url:
 Error: Access denied for URL data:text/plain,
 1510514437500   addons.xpi-utils        WARN    updateMetadata: Add-on
 https-everywhere-eff@xxxxxxx is invalid: Error: Extension is invalid
 (resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm:963:11) JS Stack trace:
 loadManifestFromWebManifest<@XPIProvider.jsm:963:11 <
 TaskImpl_run@xxxxxxxx:319:42 < Handler.prototype.process@Promise-
 backend.js:932:23 < this.PromiseWalker.walkerLoop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:813:7
 < this.PromiseWalker.scheduleWalkerLoop/<@Promise-backend.js:747:11 <
 syncLoadManifestFromFile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1621:5 <
 updateMetadata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1785:21 <
 processFileChanges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:2009:26 <
 this.XPIProvider.checkForChanges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:3899:34 <
 this.XPIProvider.startup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:2839:25 <
 callProvider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:242:12 <
 _startProvider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:795:5 <
 AddonManagerInternal.startup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1005:9 <
 this.AddonManagerPrivate.startup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:3062:5 <
 amManager.prototype.observe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:65:9
 }}}
 So, we need something better and need to rebuild the alphas.

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