[tor-bugs] #14100 [Tor Browser]: Toggle NetworkSettings menuitem visibility based on an environment variable

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#14100: Toggle NetworkSettings menuitem visibility based on an environment variable
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  mcs
  linostar               |     Status:  needs_review
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  enhancement            |    Version:
     Priority:  normal   |   Keywords:  tbb-usability, tbb-
    Component:  Tor      |  torbutton,TorBrowserTeam201501R
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Comment (by proper):

 Replying to [comment:7 gk]:
 > In which scenario is it a feature to prevent the user from switching to
 a pluggable transport easily from within the browser itself in case she
 just get blocked in some country?

 In any scenario, where Tor runs on a different system than the browser.
 Such as Whonix, where Tor is running on Whonix-Gateway, while Tor Browser
 is running in Whonix-Workstation. Or on systems, where the browser is by
 design not supposed to configure Tor/pluggable transports. Such as Tails,
 if I understand that right. They use tor-launcher in standalone mode and
 not the let user configure Tor/pluggable transports within the browser.

 For easily configuring pluggable transports in such cases, we have in
 something else in mind:
 #14121: make TBB usable as "system Tor"

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