[tor-bugs] #5284 [Tor Client]: Operating system updates behind Transparent Proxy okay?

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#5284: Operating system updates behind Transparent Proxy okay?
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    Reporter:  proper      |       Owner:        
        Type:  defect      |      Status:  closed
    Priority:  critical    |   Milestone:        
   Component:  Tor Client  |     Version:        
  Resolution:  invalid     |    Keywords:        
      Parent:              |      Points:        
Actualpoints:              |  
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Changes (by rransom):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 Operating system updates over Tor are the main reason that transparent
 proxying is not recommended -- automatic update installers are likely to
 leak information about the software they are trying to update, whether due
 to malicious design or due to lack of consideration for users' location
 privacy.

 Also, this is not a ‘defect’, ‘critical’, or an issue to be addressed by
 changing ‘Tor Client’.  Try tor-talk or IRC.

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