Firefox reuses already running instance
Hi, I installed torbrowser using torbrowser-launcher on arch linux installed via aur.
Firefox is started by
TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD=${TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD} ./firefox --class "Tor Browser" \
-profile TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default "${@}"
This tries to connect to a running instance of firefox first. If --new-instance is added, this could be avoided.
I don't know my way around firefox very well though, and I can't rule out any other communication. --no-remote should stop everything, but if I use that, firefox says
Error: argument -no-remote is invalid when argument -allow-remote is specified
so I assume that remote functionality is needed somewhere.
If this recommendation is not followed, there should probably be a warning instead of opening a new, insecure window on the already running firefox.
Possible duplicate of https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/11105 --allow-remote probably because of https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/12763
Maybe this needs some more work than just adding --new-instance.
Trac:
Username: voyd