[tbb-commits] [Git][tpo/applications/tor-browser][tor-browser-128.0esr-14.0-2] fixup! Firefox preference overrides.

[Pier Angelo Vendrame (@pierov)]

Pier Angelo Vendrame pushed to branch tor-browser-128.0esr-14.0-2 at The Tor Project / Applications / Tor Browser


Commits:
f5137417 by Pier Angelo Vendrame at 2024-07-29T18:45:42+02:00
fixup! Firefox preference overrides.

Bug 42872: Disable translations.

Currently, the UX is kinda bad in Tor Browser (RFP might be a reason).
Also, we should audit it first, to make sure it is not a
fingerprinting concern (or if it is, we should make sure it is an
acceptable one).

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1 changed file:

- browser/app/profile/001-base-profile.js


Changes:

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browser/app/profile/001-base-profile.js
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@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.messaging-experiment
 // Disable fetching asrouter.ftl and related console errors (tor-browser#40763).
 pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.useRemoteL10n", false);
 
+// tor-browser#42872, #42555: Disable translations.
+// Translation have a bad UX in 128 (and with our config). Maybe we will
+// re-enable after auditing and fixing the UX.
+pref("browser.translations.enable", false);
+
 // tor-browser#41945 - disable automatic cookie banners dismissal until
 // we're sure it does not causes fingerprinting risks or other issues.
 pref("cookiebanners.service.mode", 0);



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