Tor Browser 6.0.6 Adds Support for Tor 0.2.8.9, It's Based on Firefox 45.5.0 ESR

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Immediately after the release of the Tails 2.7 anonymous Live CD, the Tor Project was pleased to announce the official availability of Tor Browser 6.0.6 open-source and cross-platform web browser for surfing the Web anonymously.

Tor Browser 6.0.6 is a minor, yet necessary maintenance update to the 6.x series of the Firefox-based browser, adding support for the latest stable Tor 0.2.8.9 anonymous network, as well as the latest Mozilla technologies. Tor Browser 6.0.6 is here one and a half months after the 6.0.5 point release and it looks like it’s based on Firefox 45.5.0 ESR (Extended Support Release).

“We fixed a lot of usability bugs, some caused by Apple’s macOS Sierra,” reads the announcement. “We moved directly to DuckDuckGo as our search engine avoiding a roundtrip to Disconnect.me first. Finally, we added a donation banner shown in some localized bundled starting on Nov 23 in order to poi… (read more)

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