[tor-bugs] #8988 [Tor bundles/installation]: Spotlight and mds may have indexed the Tor Browser Bundle

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#8988: Spotlight and mds may have indexed the Tor Browser Bundle
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 Reporter:  runa                      |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
 Keywords:  tbb-disk-leak             |         Parent:       
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:       
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 A forensic analysis of the Tor Browser Bundle (version 2.3.25-6, 64-bit)
 on OS X 10.8 showed that Spotlight and mds may have indexed the Tor
 Browser Bundle.

 Spotlight, and the Metadata Server (mds), indexes all items and files on a
 system and allows the user to perform system-wide searches for all sorts
 of items; documents, pictures, applications, system preferences, etc.

 I have not been able to open the files in /.Spotlight-V100 and
 /var/db/mds/messages/, but I would say it is likely that Spotlight and mds
 picked up the Tor Browser Bundle and the attached external drive at some
 point.

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