[tor-bugs] #31094 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser in Whonix blocks JavaScript (only when started for the first time) and in DispVMs

Mon Jul 8 21:03:37 UTC 2019

#31094: Tor Browser in Whonix blocks JavaScript (only when started for the first
time) and in DispVMs
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:1 gk]:
 > If you take the Tor Browser as we ship it (by downloading it from our
 website and extracting it) and run that inside your environment, does this
 happen as well?

 https://forums.whonix.org/t/tor-browser-in-whonix-blocks-javascript-only-
 when-started-for-the-first-time-and-in-dispvms/6843/11:
 I don’t think this is a vanilla torbrowser bug since it only happens in
 whonix - never with vanilla torbrowser.

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