[tor-bugs] #6096 [TorBrowserButton]: Perform TBB version check async on new tab?

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#6096: Perform TBB version check async on new tab?
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 Reporter:  mikeperry         |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement       |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  major             |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Yes, there are lots of rocks and lots of hard places to get stuck between
 here. We're also trying to perfect a solution to update security known to
 be sub-optimal by its very nature. Every choice will suck. We need to
 decide which set of choices sucks the least, for the least effort.

 I think the popup idea is out, unless we can make it look clearly like
 something you can trust. That seems hard, especially when the thing is
 ultimately just sending you to a web page to download code. But maybe
 we're already crossed the Rubicon on that with check.tp.o itself, so it's
 not really marginally worse?

 We can clearly at least do the check more often, perhaps on every new tab.
 Or do we not like disclosing that new tabs are being opened to the exit
 node/network?

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