[tor-bugs] #10760 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Integrate TorButton to TorBrowser core to prevent users from disabling them

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#10760: Integrate TorButton to TorBrowser core to prevent users from disabling them
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 Reporter:  Rezonansowy                         |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                              |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                                |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser            |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                              |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201901, AffectsTails  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #24855                              |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                      |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:15 intrigeri]:
 > FTR, Tails' "Unsafe Browser" is basically Tor Browser, with Torbutton
 disabled and a scary homepage. It would be nice if there were still a
 hidden way for us to disable Torbutton for that browser profile.

 I see. I'll keep that in mind and I guess we could make a hidden pref
 available or something.

 > Otherwise, we'll have to ship binaries for another browser, which will
 make our ISO and upgrade delta significantly bigger. In order to plan
 Tails work on this topic, I need to know whether it'll still be possible
 to disable Torbutton somehow, and if not, I would be very grateful to
 learn what's the timeline is here, e.g. whether the plan is to ship this
 change in Tor Browser 8.5. Thanks in advance! Please let me know if you
 need additional info from me to answer my questions :)

 We didn't plan to have the option of disabling Torbutton. But we can try
 to make that happen. I doubt we'll have this ready for 8.5. I mean we
 probably could but I think we should have some more time to test this, in
 particular as there are downstream projects that might be affected by
 this. But this should land in alphas definitely way before we start the
 esr68 transition. So, my current plan is to have this in Tor Browser
 9.0a1, which should get out end of March/begin of April.

 FWIW: you might be interested in #28044, too.

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