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This tag should be used for questions relating to the Tor Browser (e.g. questions about the Tor Browser's features or issues with using the Tor Browser).

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In the new Tor browser bundle how to change identity programmatically?

You can change identity using green Tor button. This is the best choice. However, you still can activate Vidalia manually and change identity that way. (not recommended)
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TBB version 3.6.2 is unable or slow to open many sites including this one

A helpful hint by Jens Kubieziel has helped to solve this problem. Since one will get new guard nodes if one unpack TBB to a new directory, there is a chance that new guards are slower than old guards …
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Is Tor 3.5 better or 0.2.4.20?

Since it looks like you are new to Tor, it may be best to use Tor browser bundle. As of today the newest version of TBB is 3.6.2. One additional benefit of TBB is that many people use that, and it bec …
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A suspicious malicious node? (part 1)

The proper way to report a suspicious relay is to report that to Tor at the following email address. This is a quote from About Tor, Tor: contact, Email [email protected] is for rep …
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Will routing Tor through a proxy help avoid cloudflare (and how to do it w/ TBB?)

You may choose to do Tor to VPN meaning Tor exit node connect to VPN and from there to your selected site. This way as you mentioned, the destination site will have difficulty figuring out you are usi …
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Does Tor Authority servers have fallback?

Look at the answer one more time carefully: Would distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the directory authorities disrupt the Tor network? The paragraph 3. state that (The emphasis is mine) …
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Something Serious -TBB Leaking Location indirectly to Facebook

Opening a facebook account in itself could divulge who you are. consider the following: You need an email address and/or phone number to open a facebook account. The information you provided to emai …
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Error message "Close Firefox" when trying to execute "Start Tor Browser.exe"

Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) has a version of Firfox embeded in it. You do not need to use Firefox version 28.0 with it. Actually it does not use Firfox version 28.0. I believe somehow you thought you nee …
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Why couldn't I access some blocked website?

I attempted to connect to the web site in your example. It appeared that I was redirected to another web site (www.tcsd.info). Although I could not read the language in this site, it appeared to me th …
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Ratio of Tails users vs. TBB users

Following metrics have been released by Tails team. In June 2014: Tails has been started more than 331 862 times in June. This makes 11 062 boots a day in average. 25 124 downloads of the OpenPGP si …
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Why can't Tor Browser use Adobe Flash Player?

Following, please find a quote from Tor. The Tor Browser will block browser plugins such as Flash, RealPlayer, Quicktime, and others: they can be manipulated into revealing your IP address. …
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How to build a modified Tor browser bundle?

You may look at following information from Tor: Building the bundle We use Gitian to ensure that byte-for-byte reproducible packages can be built from our source repository by anyone. To re …
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Can't connect Tor Network, failed to establish network

Looking at your log message, it appears that your connection to directory authorities are hindered. That is also why you can run Tor browser. Once the connection to Directory authorities are hindered, …
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Can't connect Tor Network, failed to establish network

The log you have provided, appears to indicate problem connecting to Tor Directory Authorities, most likely because it is somehow blocked. If this diagnosis is correct you may have some options you ca …
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Should I avoid javascript bookmarklets in the Tor broswer?

If you can avoid javascript bookmarklets, please do by all means. The less information you reveal, the better off you are. If you ask a security expert, she will tell you if you are concerned about yo …
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