[tbb-bugs] #27769 [Applications/Tor Browser]: How to update Tor core only on TBB 7.5.6?

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#27769: How to update Tor core only on TBB 7.5.6?
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 Reporter:  Luddite                   |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  task                      |         Status:  reopened
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:  Tor: unspecified
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  XP, compatability         |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by Luddite):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  wontfix =>


Comment:

 Unfortunately as an amnesic OS Tails is not practical when the user needs
 to continuously save and edit files. Also many useful Windows applications
 still do not run properly under WINE.

 The most serious vulnerability was not in Firefox ESR 52.9 but rather in
 Noscript and has already been fixed in the new version 5.1.8.7. Also
 please consider that Linux users comprise only 2% of active OSs yet they
 get their own version.

 If the support criteria is helping as many people as possible then XP
 should receive at least as much attention as Linux, and if the criteria is
 only supporting secure operating systems then once we factor in Microsoft
 and its government partners spying, we'll find that under some threat
 models legacy operating systems remain more secure despite their
 vulnerabilities.

 I'm already considering running the core with a custom ports 7.5.6 but I'm
 likely to break something. And because tenth of Tor users, an estimated
 200000 people are in the same situation, I would go as far as suggesting
 that maintaining 7.5.6 with an updated core is a reasonable request, and
 yet I'm only asking for manual instructions.

 Thank you.

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