[tor-bugs] #5556 [Firefox Patch Issues]: magnet uri support

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#5556: magnet uri support
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks           |      Owner:  mikeperry
         Type:  enhancement           |     Status:  reopened
     Priority:  normal                |  Milestone:
    Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |    Version:
   Resolution:                        |   Keywords:
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Comment (by bastik):

 Replying to [comment:5 Phreak]:
 > [...] The associated application never recieves the message from the
 TBB. This works in normal Firefox.

 If I click on a link in TorBrowser and it opens some external application,
 which is not configured to use Tor I'm leaking. This sounds unsafe to me.
 I might be expecting such behavior, but what about some dude, that
 downloaded a torrent client, which is configured to work in the
 background?

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