[tor-bugs] #20076 [Applications/Tor Launcher]: Tor data directory permissions are too permissive on OS X

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#20076: Tor data directory permissions are too permissive on OS X
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     Reporter:  gk                         |      Owner:  brade
         Type:  defect                     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  High                       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Launcher  |    Version:
     Severity:  Major                      |   Keywords:
                                           |  TorBrowserTeam201609
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 Currently, OS X is the only platform where the Tor data directory needs to
 created by Tor Launcher. This happens via
 {{{
 f.create(f.DIRECTORY_TYPE, FileUtils.PERMS_DIRECTORY);
 }}}
 This boils down to `0755` which is too permissive for directories for the
 control socket.

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