Re: [tor-talk] automatic Tor browser updates

[blobby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On 2016-02-14 13:02, Cain Ungothep wrote:
> > > > For those who wish to update manually, is it sufficient to toggle
> > > > app.update.auto in about:config to false?
> > >
> > > Seems so. You will still be prompted to update through the MAR 
> > > system,
> > > but it won't happen automatically.
> >
> > Today I discovered that TBB 5.5.2 automatically downloaded. That 
> > hasn't
> > happened before. Normally I am prompted and manually download the tar
> > bundle with the signature file which I check with gpg --verify.
> >
> > I'm confused as to why this time I received an automatic download. Any
> > thoughts?
>
> Are you sure the preference was set? Maybe the tarball contents 
> overwrote the
> file where your custom preferences where stored?
>
> If you can reproduce it then file a bug.

I have never set any such custom preferences. Usually TBB would notify 
me via a message in Firefox that a new version was available. This time 
I got a separate pop-up telling me that the latest version had already 
been downloaded.
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