Mitigate security issues caused by using the Tails website as the browser homepage
Originally created by @molibdeedee on #7023 (Redmine)
Set the homepage of the iceweasel/torbrowser in tails to point to a
local file.
Reasons:
1)By opening the same homepage everytime you start tails, or choose “new
identity,” increases the probability of a drive-by/mitm attack on
tails.boum.org or whatever site is the home page. Whatever page is
choosen will become a more serious target for compromise, either
directly or mitm.
2)It seems this would also be a vector for a timing attack on the local
connection, for what it is worth, since you know every browser circuit
will go to that page.
3)Some users may want to change their noscript or other settings before
connecting to any page.
Feature Branch: bugfix/7023-disallow-javascript-on-our-website