Re: [tor-talk] 'external application is needed'

[The Doctor <drwho@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 02/15/2013 02:56 AM, Mersenne Tee wrote:
> When you download something say for example tor and you get the
> pop up message "external application is needed to handle" etc etc
> if you click the 'launch application' button does that mean you may
> lose tor protection and thus downloading with tor isn't safe?

It does not.  I just tried doing this on a couple of .onion sites, and
if you click
"Launch application" Firefox will then present you with the "Opening
foo.zip" window and ask you if you want to save it.  It will then ask
you for the filename and directory to save it in.

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