[tor-bugs] #19218 [Applications/Tor Check]: check.torproject.org giving false positive

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#19218: check.torproject.org giving false positive
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks             |          Owner:  arlolra
     Type:  defect                  |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  High                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Check  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                  |     Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 > And the question for OP is, why did you do that? :)

 I was just curious what would happen. I vaguely knew what a Domain Name
 Service was and always thought it was a sketchy idea anonymity-wise.
 Rather than look it up I decided to experiment (more fun, less extraneous
 data to get clobbered with). I didn't intend to go anywhere linked to my
 identity.

 > perhaps it could do something using a .onion address?

 That seems obvious from a user perspective, but then if the user couldn't
 resolve the address there wouldn't be a useful error message. It would
 only be helpful in the positive. Which just gave me an idea for a
 TorBrowser feature. Bug filed as #19251.

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