[tor-bugs] #30191 [Applications]: Tracking files and other browsers

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#30191: Tracking files and other browsers
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 Reporter:  Haiweepp          |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium            |      Component:  Applications
  Version:  Tor: unspecified  |       Severity:  Major
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 Every page I try to use to contact Tor returns errors.  I register for
 Trac and it refuses to let me login and claims the capcha isn't accepted
 (22 times).  I have no idea what most of the technical terms you use are
 and that makes figuring anything out impossible.  You REALLY need to make
 contact and support/bug reports a hell of a lot easier to file and find.

 When I use Tor, then log out, I always use CCleaner to remove all traces.
 What I **always** find are files appearing in MS Edge and MS Internet
 Explorer and around 40 tracker files that weren't there when I cleaned it
 all prior to opening Tor.  I assumed that Tor would block tracking files
 since those are just highways back to me and I most assuredly assumed that
 no information would be shared with Microsoft browsers.  I've changed no
 settings in Tor after it was downloaded.

 I found nothing under VERSION that's even close to what my browser returns
 which is 8.0.8.  I love Tor and have financially supported it the last few
 years but my assumption about its safety has made me hesitant to use it.
 If tracking files are constantly placed on my system and files are being
 sent to Microsoft then the security that I expected doesn't exist.

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