[tbb-bugs] #28369 [Applications/Tor Browser]: remove pingsender from Tor Browser

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#28369: remove pingsender from Tor Browser
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     Reporter:  mcs                       |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:  ff60-esr
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 In https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1310703 (for Firefox 54),
 Mozilla added a `pingsender` executable that uses libcurl to send
 telemetry info when a crash occurs. While we disable telemetry by pref,
 for defense-in-depth against a potential proxy bypass we should stop
 shipping the pingsender executable.

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