[tor-bugs] #4192 [Tor Browser]: make Tor Browser fail to connect when not launched from Vidalia

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#4192: make Tor Browser fail to connect when not launched from Vidalia
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 Reporter:  ioerror      |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  assigned 
 Priority:  blocker      |      Milestone:           
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:           
 Keywords:  security     |         Parent:           
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:6 phobos]:
 > I don't understand why this is a 'security blocker'.  It seems the
 equivalent of "I can drive my car into a wall at high speed!" Clearly the
 automaker should make this use case impossible to protect me from my own
 way to use my car.
 >
 > We explicitly tell people everywhere to run "start tor browser".

 IUC, the problem is that Windows decides that since it sees the user using
 this Aurora/TorBrowser thing, it should get added to their dock/frequently
 used apps ribbon/whatever. Then, much later, the user goes to start Tor
 back up, and clicks on the browser icon instead of the Vidalia onion in
 their recent apps dock, and they get it running without Vidalia.

 Is this the pattern we're seeing? It sounds like it may be specific to a
 certain flavor of windows. Do we know which one?

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