[tbb-bugs] #25578 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Package and distribute Tor Browser using Flatpak

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#25578: Package and distribute Tor Browser using Flatpak
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 Reporter:  mjog                      |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by rugk):

 I'd also +1 this here. As the OP mentioned the added sandbox/isolation
 won't hurt and you can easily distribute it yourself, too. It does not
 have to be on Flathub.

 And Firefox itself is possible to run in flatpak, already. E.g. in
 https://gitlab.gnome.org/gbraad/flatpak-firefox there was some stuff, but
 it seems to be outdated.
 https://firefox-flatpak.mojefedora.cz/ has some working Firefox packages.
 Since Firefox 62 it can also read files from other dirs than "~/Downloads"
 properly, see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490186. Thus
 it also does not need "host" permission or so, so files in the user's dir
 are protected.

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