[tor-bugs] #21781 [Applications/Tor Messenger]: Detect application is being run from the .dmg

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#21781: Detect application is being run from the .dmg
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     Reporter:  arlolra                     |      Owner:
         Type:  defect                      |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                      |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Messenger  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                      |   Keywords:
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       Points:                              |   Reviewer:
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 And prevent it.  Either that, or make add-ons like ctypes-otr install in
 profiles that are created from there.

 We mention this in the instructions,
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorMessenger#Instructions

     On OS X, copy the Tor Messenger application from the disk image to
 your local disk before running it.

 but it's a currently a pretty terrible failure mode.

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