[tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] first beta release Orfox!

[spencerone at openmailbox.org]

Hi,

>> 
>> Spencer:
>> What are the benefits [of various] permissions?
>> 
> 
> Nathan Freitas:
> We are still working our way through all the permissions that Firefox
> has/expects to have and seeing what we can remove easily. If you 
> compare
> to Firefox for Android, you can see we already have quite a few less.
> 

Word.  It seems that the standard minimum for a web browser is 'Full 
network access', 'Read the content of your USB storage', and 'Modify or 
delete the contents of your USB storage'.  Have you scoped the 
preferences you might be including, if any?

>> 
>> is the 'read your Web bookmarks and history' a requirement for the
>> 'New Private Tab' function, or does it provide other benefits?
>> 
> 
> Still sorting that out, but I think that permissions is for importing
> old browser bookmarks into Firefox. I thought that one had been 
> removed,
> actually, again because we don't support/promote this feature in Orfox.
> 

Will bookmarks be removed, given the limited functionality and their 
potential role in fingerprinting?  Can they be (functionally, not 
technically)?  Or can a dialog display a warning similar to browser 
resizing of current Tor Browser releases if they cannot?

> 
> Mostly we are trying to modify Firefox for Android in a way
> we can easily maintain it, while still ensuring we disable all the
> permissions/features that don't make sense.
> 

This seems to be a popular model :)  Thanks for this!

Wordlife,
Spencer