Software update: Tor Browser 12.0.4

Version 12.0.4 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 different Tor routers, after which it is virtually impossible for the recipient to find out who the original sender was. That information is still present within the Tor network, so that answers, of course also via the system of routers, ultimately arrive at the right place. Version 12 is based on Firefox ESR 102, while version 11 was still ESR 91. The release notes for this release look like this:

Tor Browser 12.0.4

This release updates Firefox to 102.9.0esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. We also backported the Android specific security updates from Firefox 111. We use this opportunity to update various components of Tor Browser as well:

• NoScript 11.4.18

All Platforms

• Updated Translations
• Updated NoScript to 11.4.18
• Bug tor browser#41598: Prevent NoScript from being removed / disabled until core functionality has been migrated to Tor Browser
• Bug tor browser#41603: Customize the creation of MOZ_SOURCE_URL
• Bug tor browser#41627: Enable network.http.referer.hideOnionSource in base browser
• Bug tor browser#41637: cherry-pick Mozilla 1814416: Generalize the app name in about:buildconfig. r=ahochheiden
• Bug tor browser#41659: Add canonical color definitions to base browser
• Bug tor browser#41669: Rebase Tor Browser stable to 102.9.0esr

Windows + macOS + Linux

• Updated Firefox to 102.9esr
• Bug tor browser#41542: Disable the creation of a default profile
• Bug tor browser#41574: Use –warning-color variable for the “Custom” label in the security level popup.
• Bug tor browser#41606: Move the changes to the hamburger menu out of the Torbutton commit
• Bug tor browser#41626: Bridge-emojii tooltips not localized in ES locale

Android

• Updated GeckoView to 102.9esr
• Bug tor browser#41679: Backport Android-specific security fixes from Firefox 111 to ESR 102.9-based Tor Browser

BuildSystem

• All Platforms
  • Updated Go to 1.19.7
  • Bug tor-browser-build#40764: Embed repo URL and git revision in Firefox
  • Bug tor-browser-build#40782: Update tools/signing/download-unsigned-sha256sums-gpg-signatures-from-people-tpo to fetch from tb-build-04 and tb-build-05
• macOS
  • Bug tor-browser-build#40790: Fix dmg2mar after dmg changes from #28124
  • Bug tor-browser-build#40791: tools/dmg2mar should exit with an error when there is an error creating the mar file
• Android
  • Bug tor-browser-build#40789: Broken mirror links for glean: link 404 for version 5.0.1 hosted at aguestuser’s tor people storage