[tbb-bugs] #16316 [Tor Browser]: Disable New Tiles feature in Tor Browser based on ESR 38

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#16316: Disable New Tiles feature in Tor Browser based on ESR 38
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 Reporter:  gk                         |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  task                       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser                |        Version:
 Keywords:  ff38-esr, tbb-linkability  |  Actual Points:
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 On `about:newtab` are now shown tiles with affiliate links that are
 fetched from Mozilla's infrastructure and pings containing detailed data
 about which tiles have been seen are sent back. See:
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042214#c33 for more detailed
 information.

 We should avoid all these things although our default Private Browsing
 Mode with no history being enabled might mitigate the tracking risks.

 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1073823 contains a way
 turning that feature off and
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1030832 is the meta bug.
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1030832#c6 is interesting and
 we want to keep an eye on this as "a website defining own enhanced tiles
 via a meta tag" sounds potentially dangerous to me.

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