Software update: Tor Browser 12.0.6

Version 12.0.6 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 12.0.6

This release updates Firefox to 102.11esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. There were no Android-specific security updates to backport from the Firefox 113 release.

Build-Signing Infrastructure Updates

We are in the process of updating our build signing infrastructure, and unfortunately are unable to ship code-signed 12.0.6 installers for Windows systems currently. Therefore we will not be providing full Window installers for this release. However, automatic build-to-build upgrades from 12.0.4 and 12.0.5 should continue to work as expected. The full changelog since Tor Browser 12.0.5 is:

All Platforms

• Updated Translations
• Updated Go to 11.9.9
• Bug tor browser#41728: Pin bridges.torproject.org domains to Let’s Encrypt’s root cert public key
• Bug tor browser#41756: Rebase Tor Browser Stable to 102.11.0esr

Windows + macOS + Linux

• Updated Firefox to 102.11esr
• Bug tor browser#40501: High CPU load after tor exits unexpectedly

Windows

• Bug tor browser#41683: Disable the network process on Windows

Android

• Updated GeckoView to 102.11esr

BuildSystem

• Windows + macOS + Linux
  • Bug tor browser#41730: Bridge lines in tools/torbrowser/bridges.js out of date
• macOS
  • Bug tor-browser-build#40844: Fix DMG reproducibility problem on 12.0.5