[tor-bugs] #9693 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: There should be a way to prevent HTTPS Everywhere to connect to check.t.o on startup (was: There should be a way to prevent Torbrowser to connect to check.t.o on startup)

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#9693: There should be a way to prevent HTTPS Everywhere to connect to check.t.o
on startup
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     Reporter:  intrigeri             |      Owner:  zyan
         Type:  defect                |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal                |  Milestone:
    Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |    Version:
   Resolution:                        |   Keywords:  tbb-torbutton
Actual Points:                        |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by intrigeri):

 * owner:  tbb-team => zyan
 * component:  Tor Browser => EFF-HTTPS Everywhere


Old description:

> Tails users complain that our web browser calls check.t.o on startup. We
> already have versioncheck_enabled=false, but still, it does connect to
> check.t.o.
>
> I've tried setting versioncheck_url="about:blank" and
> test_url="about:blank", it still connects to check.t.o. This looks like a
> bug in Torbutton, doesn't it?
>
> Reproduced with tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-2.3.25-12-dev-en-US.tar.gz.

New description:

 Tails users complain that our web browser calls check.t.o on startup, even
 if we configure Torbutton so that it doesn't initiate any such connection.
 This can be reproduced with TBB.

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