Any idea?
On Tuesday the Localbitcoins published a warning on its website. The notice dedicated to Tor users stated that the use of a Tor Browser exposed them to risks of Bitcoin theft. It is unknown whether the message was visible to only Tor users or others as well. The executives have not made any statements regarding the matter, and the reason behind it remains unknown.
This is not true, except maybe from their point of view. One of the things Localbitcoins tells you is the country (ip) of the other party, of course if you use tor the ip is random, so you cannot tell. But that is stupid as anyone could be using a proxy or vpn to fake a country anyway...
Indeed this browser is merely Firefox with Tor bundled and some default settings changed.
And yes, the (silly) message is visible if you enter Localbitcoins from Tor (regardless of browser).
In 2019 the Tor project went with a very misleading image. Tor is Tor, their browser is their browser, they are separate, period. I do not agree with their revamped image. One thing does not mean the other, you can perfectly use Tor with any other browser, they will scare you of leaks, especially if you use something like Chrome which makes sense, but you can still use a secure browser that is not "The Tor Browser", via Tor. Get it?
The real Tor page is this one:
http://2019.www.torproject.org/ notice the 2019 in front of the url.
Oh yes, it is possible to use Tor Browser without Tor, i won't tell you tho