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Using a bridge even if Tor isn't blocked
By using a good bridge, it is more difficult for your ISP to detect that you are using Tor which can slightly improve your anonymity. I know it can slow down your connection speed, but with the ...
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Tor browser installed malware onto user devices in the past?
Apparently, the Tor Browser installed malware onto user devices according to this article: https://www.addictivetips.com/vpn/vulnerable-using-tor. Now I understand that this article may not be ...
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Why and how does Tor browser block SVG assets when set to safest?
Refactoring a website to be compatible with "safest" setting, but wasn't able to find documentation of this feature.
Edit: Found how... about:config => svg.disabled => true.
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Tor browser's default theme uses os's color scheme. Is it fine? Can this be used for fingerprinting?
Tor browser's default theme uses os's color scheme. Just like firefox. If os is set to dark grey colors lets say, tor uses the same palette. If os is set to shades of black, tor uses the same palette ...
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How do I solve problem bootstrapping Tor Browser with raspberry
My ISP don't block tor.So last weeks I have problem to connect tor browser. I have a raspberry pi that run tor. The below web page show my setup.
https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-tor-access-point/
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Where to find current circuit in tor browser?
Have been using tor browser in past, upgraded to latest version (10.0.12) and i found that tor button aka. onion icon addon is removed from tor browser since 9.0 - you can find it in changelog here: ...
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Does installing the KeePassXC-Browser extension in Tor Browser change its fingerprint or otherwise reduce security?
KeePassXC’s browser integration documentation says:
The KeePassXC-Browser extension is installed within your web browser so that you can automatically pull usernames and passwords from KeePassXC and ...
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Why are there unnecssary internal Tor browser pages?
Tor browser has some internal pages inherited from Mozilla Firefox. These include: about:privatebrowsing, about:webrtc, about:mozilla, etc. Since the Tor browser already uses private browsing, does ...
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Tor Browser: "Connection not secure" no matter what site
I get an error "Connection not secure" if I connect to any website using Tor Browser. I get this error only when I use Tor Browser in Manjaro Linux, I have no problem if I use Tor Browser in ...
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Why does having a second non-Tor browser open compromise your anonymity on Tor?
Using Tor by itself gives anonymity, but I heard that you must avoid opening a clearnet web browser at the same time as Tor otherwise it can leak your identity.
Why and how does the second browser ...
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What's so bad about using Tor from home?
If Tor browser anonymizes our IP address, why go to extra lengths to not use Tor from home?
What added benefit does going to a public wi-fi hotspot even provide a Tor user?
Does it simply defend ...
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What's the recommended timeout when torifying an application to access an onion service (torsocks .onion timeout)?
What does the Tor Project recommend to be the best timeout setting to use when contacting an onion service?
I'm wrapping an ancient perl script with torsocks so that it can reach my website via its ....
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Tor browser drops cookies for .onion websites
.onion websites don’t need HTTPS because Tor hidden service provides defense against man-in-the-middle attacks.
Yet, it seems that .onion websites without https are not able to persist cookies which ...
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When I download tor from its original site, am i downloading a complete browser or just the software to connect to a tor network
I downloaded tor for linux, named "tor-browser-linux64-10.0.7_en-US.tar.xz" from its official site, which I believe is called the browser bundle. I started tor by runnning ./start-tor-...
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HTTPS Everywhere doesn't work all the time
I tried to access http://uniquemachine.org and tor-browser/HTTPSeverywhere-add-on reached it without warning me.
Would you know why ?
How to automatically warn me at every single http:// i'm trying to ...
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Process "tor" from user "debian-tor" keeps automatically restarting since last Tor Browser update
I just allowed Tor Browser on Linux Mint Debian Edition 4 to update to the latest version and now there is a process "tor" by some user "debian-tor" that keeps restarting on its ...
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Increase max allowable delay
1 attack is timing correlation attack. How can I increase the max allowable delay for requests between my computer, guard nodes, exit nodes, website?
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Can I access a onion site which is being hosted behind a LAN?
I have a quick question I hope has not been asked yet.
I am using Windows 10 and I don't have any router, a ethernet cable is being directly connected to my computer. I don't have any static IP not ...
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What causes intermittent hidded_service connectivity? Is there a way to stablize it?
Certain clients cannot connect to my hidden_service. I have no errors in any log, just
connection timed out
in the tor browser. If I try from a different device, it can reach the hidden_service url/...
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Has Tor Browser stopped displaying circuits?
I started using Tor v4 most intrigued by the display of the circuit path it followed, 4 nodes from at least 2 countries and usually 3 or 4.
Now at v9 I don't see it anymore. Has display of the ...
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Special search in tor
How can I search in tor browser and get only .onion URLs?Because right now it jut like a normal search engine but with hiddenwiki what makes it just a little bit better than Chrome.
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How can I make the Tor browser remember different zoom levels for different sites like the Firefox does?
for the firefox, I can set a zoom level for a domain, and then FF will remember this zoom level for every page of this domain for all the tabs.
However, for Tor, it can only keep a zoom level for a ...
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snap and apt usage to install the tor browser bundle?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but neither snap nor apt are suitable for installing current versions of the tor browser?
I see the downloads are available directly from the tor site.
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Is tor browser and anon surf both the same?
I am very new to using proxy chains, and since I was worried about messing up while setting up a proper proxy chain I have been using tor browser. Is using tor browser same as using proxy chain using ...
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iplocation.net Reports the Same Proxy, TorBrowser or Firefox (non-tor)
The site https://www.iplocation.net/find-ip-address (What is my IP?) reports an IP address, and two proxy addresses. One of the two proxy addresses is the same from TorBrowser or from Firefox (non-...
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are there any adjustments I can make to speed this up?
I am getting speeds as low as 56 kbps down to 2kbps. is there any way I can speed this up? thanks in advance
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I downloaded a file from TOR and it dissapeared
I downloaded a file from TOR and it dissapeared. Should I be worried? it also dissapeared from the download history too.
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how do i host .onion on my top level domain name
I understand how to start up a TLD and host the website.
how do i host .onion on my top level domain name. Do we purchase the .onion?
Any suggestions on this question.
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How bowse .onion sites with a router (raspberrypi) without tor browser
Can we use a raspberry pi for accessing .onion site with the tor config ?
I see some tutorials that add in that conf file
VirtualAddrNetwork
AutomapSuffixes .onion,.exit
AutomapOnResolve 1
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Two devices with same ip address, will using Tor Browser on one device affect the other device?
I connected my laptop to the home network and got a popup of ip-conflict issue; i neglected it and opened Tor browser.. and my sister using her laptop ordered some stuff on amazon using chrome..now ...
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Tor browser issue even though time is synchronized
8/19/2018 20:53:30 PM.900 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.
8/19/2018 20:53:30 PM.900 [NOTICE] ...
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Establishing an encripted directory connection failed(done - 85.25.213.211:80)
it isn't illigal in my country and i have checked time and date, windows defender and firewall is turned off.Using this on pc connected to office wifi. tor log is posted below
7/29/2018 2:00:43 AM....
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Suggestion for New versions of TAILS
I'm sure there is a bettter place to put in suggestions for future releases of TAILS but I haven't found out where to do so. Forgive the ignorance on my part. I would like to make 2 suggestions;
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LastPass extension - cannot login
Mac OS X High Sierra - TorBrowser 7.5.6 (based on Mozilla Firefox 52.9.0)
I cannot use LastPass because the login window will not popup from the top window menu (the black square with three dots).
I ...
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Tor is not hiding my location
I am trying to watch live FIFA matches on this site which is not available in my country so I am using Tor. However Tor is not hiding my location.
Screenshot explains it better
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Tor Cookie Manager
How do you white list certain cookies in TOR? I know TOR by default keeps cookies until you exit window but is there a way to make it delete cookies till x amount of time after a tab is closed from ...
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Tails v3.7 using VM = user agent Windows 7?
I'm trying to use Tails v3.7 via virtual machine.
I've already tried VirtualBox, and VMware.
And everything is OK, but..... when I've visited website https://2ip.ru to check my IP-address, I've ...
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Is it OK to get an alert from Gmail while browsing through Tor Browser?
I've just receive an e-mail in my Gmail saying
Google 2-Step Verification blocked a sign in attempt to your account.
It also states that
If it wasn’t you, then someone else knows your password, ...
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Every time I try to start Tor I get "You configured a non-loopback address ... for SocksPort"
Every time I try to start Tor I get the following response. What to do?
5/9/2018 12:15:14 PM.000 [NOTICE] You configured a non-loopback address '172.30.1.1:3128' for SocksPort. This allows everybody ...
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customizing tor browser bundle
I want to create a browser bundle that supports the following things:
there is a standalone tor process that i launch it using the controller connection from the stem library and i manually connect ...
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Tor is not loading onion sites? Why is this happening?
When I try to open up an onion site, it says forbidden. I've looked at some sites for this question and it says you have to change your time zone. But what timezone? There's so many to choose from lol....
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Tor (with bridges) keeps giving "connections have failed" in command line (while working ok through Tor Browser)?
When I try to connect to Tor through command line (Windows 10):
"C:\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\tor.exe" -f "C:\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Tor\torrc" | more
I get the following error:...
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How to go around websites that block or flag to ip addresses
Ive noticed of late a good number of websites block tor using either google capture or its other popular compatriot. Has anyone figured out how to go around this while still using tor. With the latter,...
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How to avoid your onion host privatekey to be stolen?
i want to move my onion hosting from my local ubuntu 16 server to an hosting service one. My only concern is: how can i keep my domain generating privatekey totally safe? I've spent 12 days to ...
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What is "sedCh0n6k"?
Something weird appears when I click on Tow icon to open browser: an icon with binary numbers, a lock and an X appears. the icon's name is "sedCh0n6k". What is it? I am using Ubuntu.
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NetInfo cells usage
NetInfo cells contain the fields Other OR's address [variable] and This OR's addresses [variable].
I was wondering what their usage is.
In addition, its documented that the size is variable, ...
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How does Tor browser find hidden websites [closed]
I was reading about search engines and i have seen that google for example is crawling and expending it's indexes by finding new links inside of the current websites he is scanning at the time.
So my ...
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TBB, recieving traffic from two OrPorts
I'm using TBB for GNU/Linux as client. Wireshark logged traffic coming from entry guard (port 443) and a less frequent traffic coming from other tor relay (port 9001). Searching over at https://...
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Html5 android and win pc
I use google translate my two questions: Is it possible to learn the ip through html5 video if I have an android and orfox orbot
or through a PC with Windows 7 and tor browser?
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How to discover the TOR Browser version in a running instance?
From a running instance of the TOR Browser, how can I show its version?
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