You only replied to me, so I'm re-involving the list. re: point (B) check.torproject.org doesn't look at your browser's configuration settings - it can't inspect that kind of thing. It's just looking at the user agent string your browser sends *as a result of* how that setting is set. How it got that way is another question.
On Mon, July 2, 2018 11:13 pm, Joe wrote: > >>>> I just did check.torproject.org and as far as I can tell, the site is >>>> working properly. >>>> I'm using the same version as you are but Tor Browser for windows. >>> I tried in Linux after an auto-update: >>> 8.0a9 (based on Mozilla Firefox 60.1.0esr) (64-bit) >>> >>> I got the same warning on check.torproject.org that I'm not using Tor >>> Browser. I would guess it might be an altered signature (user agent or >>> accept languages or other?) >>> >>> >> Then there must be a specific setting(s) or pref or user agent or >> something that check.torproject.org looks for, that isn't in my install. >> *Does anyone know* exactly what check.torproject.org looks for to >> determine if you're using TorBrowser? >> >> Knowing that would shorten the search for why it's failing (never >> until 7.5.6 update). >> Every different assigned circuit - exit relay, check.torproject >> verifies I'm using Tor network, but it doesn't appear to "be Tor >> Browser." All of the same exit IPa's entered into >> https://exonerator.torproject.org show I am using a Tor address, but >> that site doesn't comment whether or not you're using TBB. >> >> In Help/About, it shows TorBrowser 7.5.6, (based on Mozilla Firefox >> 52.9.0) (64 bit). >> But the general.useragent.override shows: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT >> 6.1; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.8.1" >> Does that match with everyone's useragent string for TBB 7.5.6? I >> didn't / don't touch that pref, but it shows "user set." As I said, the >> check site only started failing after last update. >> I don't think I ever changed that in TBB, so there's no reason it should >> show "user set." Seems like it should've changed to 52.9 after last >> update, but maybe won't if it's marked as user set. >> >> However, the ua.override doesn't mention Tor Browser, so I don't know >> why that would be used as a check. >> Everywhere else inAbout:config that mentions browser name or version, >> it shows TorBrowser and 7.5.6. > APPARENT FIX: Resetting the general.useragent.override pref to default, > which changed the value to: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:52.0) > Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0" > seems to have fixed the false message on check.torproject.org: "However, > it does not appear to be Tor Browser". I'm fairly sure I never altered > the useragent string, as that would *extinguish* me from the bulk of TBB > users. > > There must be a better way than current to detect if the latest TBB is > in use. Now, it gives false positives, as several people testified > under risk of perjury, they were using TBB but saw the mentioned false > message. > > So what did we learn from this, boys and girls? (pick the best answer, > even if it seems undefiably wrong): > A) Since Tor is an acronym for The Onion Router, and most acronyms are > capitalized, it really should be written "TOR Browser." > > B) check.torproject.org looks at the general.useragent.override pref > value and likely compares it to another value, somewhere, to decide if > you're using TBB - at all, not just if the latest version is being used. > > C) D. Trump is consulting with E. Snowden, Lt. Gen P. Nakasone and Kim > Jong-un to make TOR Browser the default browser in all public schools > and libraries in the U.S. and respective countries. (unconfirmed: > someone may or may not be a terrierist; we just don't know if they like > medium sized dogs). > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
