TBBundle, Browser javascript

[Ted Smith]

On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 22:25 -0400, krishna e bera wrote:
> i wrote:
> >  However, javascript is not required for either Torbutton or
> >  Tor Browser Bundle functionality, so you can turn javascript off
> >  for additional security.
> 
> Ack! For some reason i thought Torbutton was implemented purely in XUL
> but a lot of it is actually implemented in javascript.
> Sorry for misleading - i should have read the pages i pointed to :(
> On the other hand, so far i have not found a test with javascript off
> that leaks info or uncloaks Torbutton...

I believe that turning off javascript in firefox does not disable
extensions which are written in javascript. I could be wrong, but I have
never heard of that being the case.
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