[tbb-bugs] #19119 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Repurpose block-malicious-sites-checkbox on TLS error page in Tor Browser

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#19119: Repurpose block-malicious-sites-checkbox on TLS error page in Tor Browser
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     Reporter:  gk                        |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  enhancement               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:
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 Right now the checkbox on the neterror page sends a report about an TLS
 error to Mozilla (containing host, port, timestamp, useragent, update
 channel, buildid, certificate chain and version of that feature). We might
 want to repurpose that checkbox as, first, I see no reason why Mozilla
 should gather data related to a Tor Browser user. Second, this message is
 highly confusing in our context. Say, an exit node is MITMing a user. Why
 should the user report that to Mozilla in order to identify and block
 malicious sites? What is Mozilla supposed to do with that information?

 We could think about having an own infrastructure for this that might help
 detecting bad relays

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