Tor Browser 8.0 sends OS+kernel+TOTAL_PING_COUNT i

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  1. Tor Browser Bundle 8.0 sends OS+kernel+TOTAL_PING_COUNT in update queries to Mozilla
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  3. - Tails 3.9, which ships with TB 8.0, is also affected.
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  7. User report:[1]
  8. https://blog.torproject.org/comment/277375#comment-277375
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  10. Sanitize the add-on blocklist update URL
  11. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16931
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  13. related, old, closed ticket (unresolved):
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  15. TBB-Firefox sends OS+kernel in update queries to Mozilla
  16. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6734
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  18. [1]: "TBB-Firefox sends Linux kernel version in extensions blocklist update queries to Mozilla. 6 years old ticket closed https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6734 without fix this privacy issue.
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  20. From Ubuntu 18.04.1 LiveCD
  21. /v1/blocklist/3/%7Bec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384%7D/60.2.0/Firefox/20180204030101/Linux_x86_64-gcc3/en-US/release/Linux 4.15.0-29-generic (GTK 3.22.30 libpulse 11.1.0)/default/default/1/1/new/"
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  23. "about:config
  24. extensions.blocklist.url"
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  26. "Also it send TOTAL_PING_COUNT to tell mozilla how many days you use TBB."
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