# A Flaw With the Security Level Slider in Tor Browser

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/a-flaw-with-the-security-level-slider-in-tor-browser/27226
**Category:** Articles
**Created:** 2025-05-02T11:23:44Z
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## Post 3 by @phnx — 2025-05-02T12:05:43Z

> I was unable to find any documentation or open GitLab issues with Tor regarding the need to take additional steps before security settings are fully applied

> **[Solve security slider (maybe remove safer) (#42572) · Issues · The Tor Project...](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42572#note_3169910)**
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> fyi for readers: thorin is the author an empty confidential issue created by rui so he could access it description filled...

> some (not all) of the prefs in the slider require a restart, so it depends on the state of those prefs when you open the browser as to what you actually get in terms of security: it is a _security_ slider. Some prefs that require a restart and some slider prefs that don’t are fingerprintable.
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> And not only are we adding entropy that wasn’t designed for, but we’re misleading users as to their security. We could solve this by forcing a restart but that then becomes a pain point

As shared by [@any1](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/in-praise-of-tor-why-you-should-support-and-use-tor/27174/6).

There still really ought to be a warning and documentation, but there is an issue on GitLab.

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