[tor-bugs] #31575 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Firefox is phoning home during start-up in Tor Browser based on ESR 68

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#31575: Firefox is phoning home during start-up in Tor Browser based on ESR 68
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff68-esr, tbb-9.0-must-alpha,        |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201909R                          |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by acat):

 * status:  needs_revision => needs_review
 * keywords:  ff68-esr, tbb-9.0-must-alpha, TorBrowserTeam201909 =>
     ff68-esr, tbb-9.0-must-alpha, TorBrowserTeam201909R


Comment:

 >Note that the English title of the about:tor page is About Tor. I think
 we should use that in the preferences UI rather than Tor Browser Home but
 of course other people may have different opinions. For me, Tor Browser
 Home introduces a new term without much benefit.

 Thanks! I think it makes a lot of sense, going that route for now. Patch
 for review: https://github.com/acatarineu/tor-browser/commits/31575+2.

 I also changed [https://github.com/acatarineu/tor-browser/commit/31575+2
 #diff-a400b1ceb12ef6e65579411ba4a8867aR20 this] so that the default
 `about:tor` does not appear as `Custom URL` in `about:preferences`, but as
 `About Tor` (`about:home` also redirects to `about:tor`, but that's not
 the default value for `browser.startup.homepage`).

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