Software Update: Tor Browser 5.0.4

Version 5.0.4 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 various Tor routers, after which it is virtually impossible for the receiver to trace 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. Based on Firefox Extended Support Release version 38.4, this release contains the following changes and improvements:

All Platforms

• Update Firefox to 38.4.0esr
• Update NoScript to 2.6.9.39
• Update Torbutton to 1.9.3.5
  • Bug 9263: Spoof Referer when leaving a .onion domain
  • Bug 16735: about:tor should accommodate different fonts/font sizes
  • Bug 16937: Don’t translate the homepage/spellchecker dictionary string
  • Bug 17164: Don’t show text-select cursor on circuit display
  • Bug 17351: Remove unused code
  • Translation updates
• Bug 16937: Remove the en-US dictionary from non en-US Tor Browser bundles
• Bug 17318: Remove dead ScrambleSuit bridge
• Bug 17473: Update meek amazon fingerprint
• Bug 16983: Isolate favicon requests caused by the tab list dropdown
• Bug 17102: Don’t crash while opening a second Tor Browser

Windows

• Bug 16906: Don’t depend on Windows crypto DLLs

Linux

• Bug 17329: Ensure that non-ASCII characters can be typed (fixup of #5926)