[tor-talk] "recently-used.xbel" file in TBB directory, stores data on accessed, downloaded files

[Roger Dingledine]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 01:34:49PM -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
> Why is there a *"recently-used.xbel"*, file in my Tor Browser installation
> directory - in path shown and  labeled as file TYPE: "XBEL bookmarks"
> recording ACTUAL local file names, dates, times - they were accessed AND
> some DOWNLOADED files (like *.pdf) with dates and times?
> ~/.torbrowser/torbrowser-7.0/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.
> *TBB is installed in home directory: ~/.torbrowser.*

I asked Georg about this, and he pointed to this ticket:
https://bugs.torproject.org/8706

So yes, it looks like it's a real issue, and people should probably
help make progress on the ticket.

Thanks,
--Roger