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Comment by bryanpalting
about Tor · Jul 2014 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

Ok- I admit I didnt know what I meant by that title- but TOR is amazing. However- recent security news suggests that the 'governments' are able to access some of it or something and it is not completely anonymous (not surprise here) but the browser bundle is ( I am confused now). I heard that Tails might also been compromised. Oh well. I have implemented scripts that toggles on/off of TOR after a 'x' number of seconds. This will also change the IP address so I guess this increases the anonymity for a bit.

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Comment by OmgItsTheSmartGuy
about Tor · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

It's probably worth noting that Tor will be seriously annoying if you don't understand the implications of using it beforehand. As said on their site, Tor doesn't allow you to watch Youtube or accept any cookies, both of which can track you (it doesn't matter whether they actually do). Personally, I wouldn't use it unless I had a really good reason to.

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crazypens30 · Aug 2016

Good point. I never use things like Youtube on Tor. It's more for the forums, darknet email, and messaging. There are other browsers for the rest!


Comment by toritori
about Tor · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

Try my Tor Browser bundle (Contains Tor 0.2.1.21, Vidalia 0.2.6 , Torbutton 1.2.4, Privoxy 3.0.15, Polipo 1.0.4 (optional), and Firefox 3.5.6), my bundle is modified from Tor Browser Bundle for Windows 1.2.10.

http://FastFreeFileHosting.com/file/30495/Tor-Browser-exe.html

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Comment by Aaron
about Tor · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

This does really good, but it does slow down your internet speed when you have it active. but if you have to hide your location and IP information then this does great.

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gkmc1986 · Mar 2018

yea free and convenient. there are some free and paid alts to it to like vpns including ivacy and then there are options that offer vpn over tor. tor is a huge world now.


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Comment by spookyvsy
about Tor · Mar 2013 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

this is a very good program for searching all kind of stuff on the internet. nice to use and simple too
http://www.reportingsoftware.info/reporting-software-standards/reporting-software-whats-the-inside-scoop/

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Torbutton add-on

Comment by enerjazz
about Tor · Nov 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Dont use tor browser. Use vidalia and firefox with coockies removed, "noscript" and "torbutton" ad ons installed

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Comment by ilgaar
about Tor · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

I can't imagine an internet without Tor! If there is no Tor with the heavy censorship and website blocking the internet becomes Intranet in here. Tor is like the lungs of my connection through which I can breath!

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Comment by em4020
about Tor · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

I have very good experience with TOR(+Vidalia) to keep anonymity in the web and defend against network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy. It is very simple to use with an own self opening Firefox Explorer, if you start the Tor button. With only one click in the TOR-menu in the system tray you can change your identity (IP-address).
In this special Firefox Explorer I set http://www.aboutip.de/ as Homepage to see after page-refresh, what IP-address I use after clicking "New Identity".

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Comment by em4020
about Tor · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

I see 2 advantages and one disadvantage:
(A) The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor on Windows without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured Firefox web browser and is self contained. If you would prefer to use your existing web browser, install Tor permanently. More information for very quick installation of the bundle inluding Vidalia see: https://www.torproject.org/torbrowser/index.html.en
(B) I like the multi language user interface and support, e.g. german language is supported.

Disadvantage: surfing about TOR is very slow, but You can surf in a distributed, anonymous network.

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Comment by teohhanhui
about Tor · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

I use Tor (Vidalia bundle) to connect to the BitTorrent trackers that are blocked by my ISP. Avoid using the Tor network (which is run by volunteers) for P2P connections though as it may bring adverse effects to other users.

https://www.torproject.org/faq#WhySlow
"The current Tor network is quite small compared to the number of people trying to use it, and many of these users don't understand or care that Tor can't currently handle file-sharing traffic load."

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Comment by daisylinbluez
about Tor · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful -1 Helpful Report as spam

I only use it with sockcap to support proxy for my desktop app which doesn't have proxy settings. For http proxy setting, I use another tool because of the speed.

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