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What type of search engine is DuckDuckGo?
Neither of those links are to onion services. The first one (https://randomletters.onion.pet) is a MITM proxy which you can see from the .pet at the end. The second one (https://otherletters.com) is a ...
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Two(sometimes 3) leading definitions of Darknet/Deep web nomenclature?
These words have no technical meaning and aren't used by the people who actually build these systems, so they have no formal definitions. For example these words are not used by Tor or the research ...
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Are '.onion' websites safer/better than 'normal' clearnet websites like '.com'?
Short answer: Using the .onion links can only increase your security or do no harm (the security stay the same). Use them as much as possible.
Long answer: It depends on what your threat model is. If ...
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What's the difference between darknet, clearnet and hidden services?
First, let's establish the proper definitions of each term:
The clearnet: the publicly available internet. This is the surface web, the part of the web that can be accessed by search engines.
Darknet: ...
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Why does having a second non-Tor browser open compromise your anonymity on Tor?
Timing Attacks:
Having another non-Tor browser open will deanonymize you if it is correlated with the information the other browsers/programs provided. This means that you should avoid visiting the ...
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Hidden Service Communication with clear net
An answer is simple: use a second HS! You're using a second HS as a proxy or OpenVPN server for the very deep HS of yours. And no problem will be regarding the privacy/location/deanonymization of your ...
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Configuring my website with both a clearnet and a onion address
I was able to achieve this on my Wordpress site (being served with NGINX) by doing the following:
This assumes you have already setup your Wordpress site to use https with a clearnet domain on nginx.
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make a TOR url act like Alias in DNS
onion names are not based on DNS and don't work like them, but there are things that you can do.
Here is how I would do it. Just FYI, my example is based on Linux.
My website is simple. It is a ...
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is it ok to connect to regular websites (clearnet) with tor but still be anonymous
It is as safe as using any other browser and internet connection, granted that you live in a country that has not banned tor traffic in general. If you live in a less strict country, say the USA, you ...
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Visiting Clearnet websites using Tor Browser
Generally yes, any requests to websites you visit in the Tor Browser whether it’s an onion address or a regular address will be routed through the Tor network. This means that any website you visit ...
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What are ClearClick and ABE?
ABE and ClearClick are part of the NoScript add-on.
ClearClick
Clickjacking is a method of tricking you into clicking something you probably didn't want to click on. There's various ways to ...
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