[tor-bugs] #9387 [Tor Launcher]: Tor Launcher/Torbutton should provide a "Security Slider"

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#9387: Tor Launcher/Torbutton should provide a "Security Slider"
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  brade
  mikeperry              |     Status:  new
         Type:           |  Milestone:
  enhancement            |    Version:
     Priority:  major    |   Keywords:  tbb-security, tbb-usability, tbb-
    Component:  Tor      |  linkability, tbb-3.0, extdev-interview
  Launcher               |  Parent ID:
   Resolution:           |
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Comment (by lunar):

 Replying to [comment:17 mikeperry]:
 > Jesse Ruderman pointed out that there are actually several JS options we
 can disable before entirely disabling javascript:
 > {{{
 > javascript.options.ion.content
 > javascript.options.baselinejit.content
 > javascript.options.asmjs
 > javascript.options.typeinference.content
 > }}}
 >
 > These should only degrade performance and not functionality. Also, they
 have historically had very high vulnerability counts to date, perhaps more
 so than all of the rest of JS itself.

 Turning off these options degrade performance up to the point where some
 JavaScript heavy websites are unusable (e.g. mega.co.nz). This might be a
 source of confusion. Not working at all is easier to understand than
 “appears to be working but so slow that it'll never work”.

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