r25269: {website} TBB doesn't make it easy to allow flash at all. Mention yout (website/trunk/download/en)

Author: mikeperry Date: 2011-12-24 21:38:39 +0000 (Sat, 24 Dec 2011) New Revision: 25269 Modified: website/trunk/download/en/download-easy.wml website/trunk/download/en/download.wml Log: TBB doesn't make it easy to allow flash at all. Mention youtube HTML5 instead. Modified: website/trunk/download/en/download-easy.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/download/en/download-easy.wml 2011-12-24 20:39:54 UTC (rev 25268) +++ website/trunk/download/en/download-easy.wml 2011-12-24 21:38:39 UTC (rev 25269) @@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ </p> <ol> + <li> Tor only protects Internet applications that are configured to send their @@ -162,19 +163,21 @@ <li> -The Tor Browser will block browser plugins such as Java, Flash, -ActiveX, RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others: they -can be manipulated into revealing your IP address. For example, that -means Youtube is disabled. If you really need your Youtube, you can -<a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#noflash">reconfigure Torbutton</a> -to allow it; but be aware that you're opening yourself up to potential -attack. +The Tor Browser will block browser plugins such as Java, Flash, ActiveX, +RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others: they can be manipulated +into revealing your IP address. For example, that means Youtube is disabled by +default. Youtube provides an experimental <a +href="https://www.youtube.com/html5">non-Flash HTML5 mode</a> that works for +many videos, but you you must vist that link opt-in manually. Youtube's +support for the HTML5 feaure is buggy and incomplete, so we are also working +to provide a safe way to temporarily enable Flash in future Tor Browser +versions. </li> <li> -Similarly, the Tor Browser Bundle will warn you before automatically opening +Similarly, Tor Browser will warn you before automatically opening documents that are handled by external applications. <b>DO NOT IGNORE THIS WARNING</b>. You should be very careful when downloading documents via Tor (especially DOC and PDF files) as these documents can contain Internet Modified: website/trunk/download/en/download.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/download/en/download.wml 2011-12-24 20:39:54 UTC (rev 25268) +++ website/trunk/download/en/download.wml 2011-12-24 21:38:39 UTC (rev 25269) @@ -300,19 +300,21 @@ <li> -The Tor Browser will block browser plugins such as Java, Flash, -ActiveX, RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others: they -can be manipulated into revealing your IP address. For example, that -means Youtube is disabled. If you really need your Youtube, you can -<a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#noflash">reconfigure Torbutton</a> -to allow it; but be aware that you're opening yourself up to potential -attack. +The Tor Browser will block browser plugins such as Java, Flash, ActiveX, +RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others: they can be manipulated +into revealing your IP address. For example, that means Youtube is disabled by +default. Youtube provides an experimental <a +href="https://www.youtube.com/html5">non-Flash HTML5 mode</a> that works for +many videos, but you you must vist that link opt-in manually. Youtube's +support for the HTML5 feaure is buggy and incomplete, so we are also working +to provide a safe way to temporarily enable Flash in future Tor Browser +versions. </li> <li> -Similarly, the Tor Browser Bundle will warn you before automatically opening +Similarly, Tor Browser will warn you before automatically opening documents that are handled by external applications. <b>DO NOT IGNORE THIS WARNING</b>. You should be very careful when downloading documents via Tor (especially DOC and PDF files) as these documents can contain Internet
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Mike Perry