[tor-talk] Torbutton

[Graham Todd]

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Running Tor on Trisquel Linux 6.0, with Vidalia Version 0.2.21 (which I
assume is the latest one) running, from the Tor Bundle, my Torbutton in
the Tor Bowser is shown with a red X on it.  I assume this means that
Torbutton is disabled, while the green onion icon of Vidalia is shown
in the panel, showing that it is active (I believe).

I can understand the Torbutton being disabled in the vanilla binary of
Firefox, but should this be the case in the 'hardened' version of
Firefox in the the Torbundle?

The Torbutton used to be the way we users learnt that vidalia was
running and that we had anonymity from prying eyes when running
Firefox. Is the Torbutton now defunct, and if so, which other browsers
can be used to gain anonymity on the 'net?

Or do we assume that any browser is safe when the  vidalia green onion
is running?

If this is not the case, can you advise which other browsers can be
used to provide anonymity with Vidalia running (eg, browsers usually
used with other Linux distros, such as Iceweasel and Midori)?

Thanks.

++ Graham Todd
Using Trisquel Linux 6.0.
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