Re: [Tails-dev] autostarting Iceweasel [Was: Training Journa…

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Temat: Re: [Tails-dev] autostarting Iceweasel [Was: Training Journalists in Istanbul]
On 22/02/13 18:01, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Runa A. Sandvik wrote (04 Feb 2013 15:12:51 GMT) :
>> - Firefox will start automatically once you are connected to the
>> Internet.
>
> FWIW, I've proposed we don't do this anymore, pending discussion:
> https://tails.boum.org/todo/dont_autostart_iceweasel/
>
>> Most users did not wait for the Tails website to load before
>> entering another URL in the address bar. Users did not question if
>> they were actually using Tor.
>
> While I understand this could be an issue for the TBB, I personally
> don't think this is a problem for Tails: unless you do it differently
> on purpose, when you're using Tails, you're using Tor, and as
> a end-user one should not have to manually check or question this
> fact. Runa and others, do you think this is a problem that users act
> this way?


Agreed. I don't bother about the fact that users did not question if
they were actually using Tor.