Software Update: Tor Browser 11.0.2

Version 11.0.2 of Tor Browser has been released. Tor stands for The Onion Router and is a network that can be used to surf the Internet fairly anonymously. All users’ tcp traffic is routed through various Tor routers, after which it is virtually impossible for the receiver to find out who the original sender was. This information is still present within the Tor network, so that answers, of course also via the system of routers, eventually arrive at the right place. Version 11 is based on Firefox ESR 91, while version 10 was still Firefox ESR 78. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Windows, MacOS & Linux:

• Update Firefox to 91.4.0esr
• Bug 40318: Remove check for DISPLAY env var in start-tor-browser
• Bug 40386: Add new default obfs4 bridge “deusexmachina”
• Bug 40682: Disable network.proxy.allow_bypass

Linux

• Bug 40387: Remove some fonts on Linux

Known issues

Tor Browser 11.0.2 comes with a number of known issues (please check the following list before submitting a new bug report):

• Bug 40668: DocumentFreezer & file scheme
• Bug 40382: Fonts don’t render
• Bug 40679: Missing features on first-time launch in esr91 on MacOS
• Bug 40667: AV1 videos shows as corrupt files in Windows 8.1
• Bug 40666: Switching svg.disable affects NoScript settings
• Bug 40693: Potential Wayland dependency
• Bug 40705: “visit our website” link on about:tbupdate pointing to different locations
• Bug 40706: Fix issue in https-e wasm