[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
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  enhancement            |    Version:
     Priority:  major    |   Keywords:  tbb-security, tbb-usability, tbb-
    Component:  Tor      |  linkability, tbb-3.0, extdev-interview
  Launcher               |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 On slow sites, you get a script popup if it tries to do something
 extremely intensive and stalls out. This can be improved by raising
 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dom.max_script_run_time, but it's already at 10
 seconds. The browser UI is also unresponsive during this entire time.

 This is pretty bad for usability, in my opinion. Given that we almost have
 ASAN builds (#10599) and those are only 2X slower (instead of like 10X as
 we see for the JIT), I think that the better option is to turn these JIT
 optimizations back on, and provide the ASAN-hardened builds for people who
 want hardening.

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