[tor-commits] r25269: {website} TBB doesn't make it easy to allow flash at all. Mention yout (website/trunk/download/en)

[Mike Perry]

Author: mikeperry
Date: 2011-12-24 21:38:39 +0000 (Sat, 24 Dec 2011)
New Revision: 25269

Modified:
   website/trunk/download/en/download-easy.wml
   website/trunk/download/en/download.wml
Log:
TBB doesn't make it easy to allow flash at all. Mention
youtube HTML5 instead.



Modified: website/trunk/download/en/download-easy.wml
===================================================================
--- website/trunk/download/en/download-easy.wml	2011-12-24 20:39:54 UTC (rev 25268)
+++ website/trunk/download/en/download-easy.wml	2011-12-24 21:38:39 UTC (rev 25269)
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <ol>
+
 <li>
 
 Tor only protects Internet applications that are configured to send their
@@ -162,19 +163,21 @@
 
 <li>
 
-The Tor Browser will block browser plugins such as Java, Flash,
-ActiveX, RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others: they
-can be manipulated into revealing your IP address. For example, that
-means Youtube is disabled. If you really need your Youtube, you can
-<a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#noflash">reconfigure Torbutton</a>
-to allow it; but be aware that you're opening yourself up to potential
-attack.
+The Tor Browser will block browser plugins such as Java, Flash, ActiveX,
+RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others: they can be manipulated
+into revealing your IP address. For example, that means Youtube is disabled by
+default. Youtube provides an experimental <a
+href="https://www.youtube.com/html5">non-Flash HTML5 mode</a> that works for
+many videos, but you you must vist that link opt-in manually. Youtube's
+support for the HTML5 feaure is buggy and incomplete, so we are also working
+to provide a safe way to temporarily enable Flash in future Tor Browser
+versions.
 
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
-Similarly, the Tor Browser Bundle will warn you before automatically opening
+Similarly, Tor Browser will warn you before automatically opening
 documents that are handled by external applications. <b>DO NOT IGNORE THIS
 WARNING</b>. You should be very careful when downloading documents via Tor
 (especially DOC and PDF files) as these documents can contain Internet

Modified: website/trunk/download/en/download.wml
===================================================================
--- website/trunk/download/en/download.wml	2011-12-24 20:39:54 UTC (rev 25268)
+++ website/trunk/download/en/download.wml	2011-12-24 21:38:39 UTC (rev 25269)
@@ -300,19 +300,21 @@
 
 <li>
 
-The Tor Browser will block browser plugins such as Java, Flash,
-ActiveX, RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others: they
-can be manipulated into revealing your IP address. For example, that
-means Youtube is disabled. If you really need your Youtube, you can
-<a href="<page torbutton/torbutton-faq>#noflash">reconfigure Torbutton</a>
-to allow it; but be aware that you're opening yourself up to potential
-attack.
+The Tor Browser will block browser plugins such as Java, Flash, ActiveX,
+RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others: they can be manipulated
+into revealing your IP address. For example, that means Youtube is disabled by
+default. Youtube provides an experimental <a
+href="https://www.youtube.com/html5">non-Flash HTML5 mode</a> that works for
+many videos, but you you must vist that link opt-in manually. Youtube's
+support for the HTML5 feaure is buggy and incomplete, so we are also working
+to provide a safe way to temporarily enable Flash in future Tor Browser
+versions.
 
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
-Similarly, the Tor Browser Bundle will warn you before automatically opening
+Similarly, Tor Browser will warn you before automatically opening
 documents that are handled by external applications. <b>DO NOT IGNORE THIS
 WARNING</b>. You should be very careful when downloading documents via Tor
 (especially DOC and PDF files) as these documents can contain Internet