PSA: The Tor Browser Security Level slider cannot be relied upon without a full browser restart (per an anonymous community report and confirmed by Privacy Guides staff) - Make sure you are aware of this if you rely on this feature for your safety.

[privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer]

PSA: The Tor Browser Security Level slider cannot be relied upon without a full browser restart (per an anonymous community report and confirmed by Privacy Guides staff) - Make sure you are aware of this if you rely on this feature for your safety.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/02/tor-security-slider-flaw/

#TorBrowser #Security #MullvadBrowser #Privacy #PrivacyGuides #Article

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Following the publication of this article, the Tor Project emailed us the following statement.

[1]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/wiki/-/wikis/
[2]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42572