[tor-bugs] #17767 [Tor Browser]: Make it more clear that JavaScript is disabled on security level "high"
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#17767: Make it more clear that JavaScript is disabled on security level "high"
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Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: tbb-security-slider | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Sponsor: |
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Comment (by gk):
Replying to [comment:1 cypherpunks]:
> The explanation is consistent and that part contains important
information that shouldn't be removed. Disabled by default means exactly
that - by default.
> Perhaps it would be clearer with the sentence about JS disabled on all
sites by default coming first. I don't think it's a big difference,
though.
I think there is a big difference: users might want to inform themselves
about the JavaScript behavior if they switch to the highest security
level. They start reading and come to the first note about performance
optimizations. They think they've found the information they were looking
for and stop reading as the sentences are pretty clear: JavaScript is on
but just slower.
They are wrong. That does not describe this security level. The only thing
that describes it is that JavaScript is disabled by default on all sites.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17767#comment:2>
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