[tor-bugs] #25658 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Activity 2.1: Improve user understanding and user control by clarifying Tor Browser's security features

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#25658: Activity 2.1: Improve user understanding and user control by clarifying Tor
Browser's security features
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 Reporter:  isabela                        |          Owner:  antonela
     Type:  project                        |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  High                           |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser       |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-team, TorBrowserTeam201810  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                 |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                 |        Sponsor:  Sponsor17
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Comment (by cypherpunks3):

 Replying to [comment:9 antonela]:
 > Replying to [comment:8 cypherpunks]:
 > > (Also a note on the `about:preferences` changes: I think they're
 unnecessary since the functionality would already be offered by the
 security button, so there's no need for duplicate effort)
 > >
 >
 > Well, we don't want to have the slider on the Top bar UI. The doorhanger
 is just showing the security setting description + a call to action in the
 case the user wants to change it. So if the user wants to change the
 security setting, they should go to `about:preferences` to upgrade or
 downgrade their setup.

 This makes it much more impractical, you have to go to a new tab with
 `about:preferences` just to change the security slider and it has the
 unintended side effect of making the user think that it's 'okay' to mess
 with stuff on `about:preferences`.

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