[tor-bugs] #12784 [Tor]: TBB/Vidalia/Power Comsumption

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#12784: TBB/Vidalia/Power Comsumption
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 Reporter:  dtuenv0                        |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                         |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor                            |        Version:
 Keywords:  TBB Vidalia Power Consumption  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                 |         Points:
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 Background:  I travel on public transport for several hours a day.  I read
 news whilst traveling with a laptop: Tor Browser with many open tabs.

 Issue:

 Various web sites (wired.com is one) deliver content which causes tor (not
 the browser, the socks proxy) to flatline a CPU.  Turning Tor off, via
 Vidalia, stops this (thus longer battery life and cooler laptop and can
 still read the news).

 Please make it possible to stop/start the proxy again without terminating
 the browser.

 Behaviour is true for TBB 3.6.3 (and previous to when Vidalia
 disappeared/was merged).

 OS: Linux MINT

 uname -a: Linux <hostname> 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9
 19:31:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 Hardware: Lenovo T430.

 PS: My username here is also the name of my exit relay.  My direct contact
 details are published there (see atlas etc.).  Tor is a beautiful thing
 (thx).

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