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by swapfile 3y ago
Forgive my pedantry but it's not TOR[1] and never was, this is bordering on painful to read. [1]: https://support.torproject.org/#about_why-is-it-called-tor
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by swapfile 3y ago
>The captcha page looks like cloudflare, but I don't think they're using cloudflare, haha. That's amazing, I never bothered to take a look once I saw that page but I did just now, and you're right. Google reCAPTCHA sk
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by swapfile 3y ago
Interesting read. I've thought about this for a while. My woes with the site is that my connection to any of the clearnet domains seem to get black holed, or completely blocked by Cloudflare while using Tor. The onion site works fine f
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by swapfile 3y ago
>I think you misread me. I said the Tor browser does help here. My bad, you're right! That shows my bias when it comes to this topic, way too much FUD.
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by swapfile 3y ago
Yes.
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by swapfile 3y ago
>unless you enjoy solving captchas as a hobby it is only worth using when you actually need some anonymity. Use services that respect your freedom. Hacker News works just fine using Tor Browser. ;)
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by swapfile 3y ago
>Tor itself is full of scams and dark markets selling who knows what. Did you forget to read the article? They make the point that this is not the case. Tor Browser can be used to access most of the web besides aggressively anti-privacy
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by swapfile 3y ago
No it wouldn't. You can use difficult to obtain cookies or registration to prevent bots.
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by swapfile 3y ago
I use Tor for everything that doesn't require identification, and I use very few of those services. For example, this HN account and the email for it have never been used without connecting through Tor. Feel free to ask me anything. &g
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by swapfile 3y ago
>Personally for me it is about the traffic that may be routed through my computer by the Tor network No traffic is routed through your computer by using Tor, running a relay is a completely separate thing that can't be done by accid
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by swapfile 3y ago
Whonix builds on much stronger concepts than Tails, as malware with root privileges cannot discover the users real IP address since it simply is not aware of it. It uses an internal VLAN to connect to Tor on a separate virtual machine. This
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Whonix 17 has been Released (Debian 12 bookworm based) – Major Release(whonix.org)
4 points by swapfile 3y ago|4 comments
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by swapfile 3y ago
Whonix: A High Security Method of Surfing the Internet Whonix is a desktop operating system designed for advanced security and privacy. Whonix mitigates the threat of common attack vectors while maintaining usability. Online anonymity is re
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DNS can be used to unmask Tor users(zdnet.com)
2 points by swapfile 3y ago|1 comments
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by swapfile 3y ago
Ads can be blocked on mobile devices with NewPipe[1], or Invidious[2], alternatively Firefox which supports uBlock[3] on Android. [1]: https://newpipe.net/ [2]: https://invidious.io/ [3]: https:/&#x2F
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by swapfile 3y ago
Ah. I was forgetting people use locked down devices where content blocking isn't possible, or a hassle.
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by swapfile 3y ago
>and submitted to 4chan via Tor or a VPN. 4chan blocks both Tor and VPNs. It's a terrible place to leak things, but a hacker can most probably find innocuous IPs.
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by swapfile 3y ago
So have I because of invidious[1]. [1]: https://docs.invidious.io/instances/
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by swapfile 3y ago
>YouTube premium was probably the best decision I did. Amount of time saved on ads alone makes it worth it. Why do you get ads? I don't understand how there are people on Hacker News that don't use content blockers. Is is becau
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by swapfile 3y ago
Increasingly, the amount of CSAM being created is by children themselves. > Of the 153,369 webpages actioned during 2020, almost half (68,000 or 44%) were assessed as containing self-generated imagery.[1] I suggest starting there rather
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by swapfile 3y ago
You gotta love it when a site called "techfreedom" black holes Tor exit node IPs. I can only access this site through web proxies.
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by swapfile 3y ago
>If you think your traffic is not being monitored over Tor, then you have thought incorrectly. Tor exit nodes can only monitor traffic for a very short period of time, you create a new circuit and pick an entirely new path through the ne
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by swapfile 3y ago
> Otherwise even if we (HN audience) switch This is a problem. Even the HN audience seems to struggle greatly in choosing non-proprietary and privacy friendly solutions. While the amount of privacy advocates are certainly greater here th
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by swapfile 3y ago
It probably goes along the lines of: "It is impossible to download and examine iOS's source code, which means that it is impossible to prove that iOS is not spyware. Any program which does not make its source code available is pot
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by swapfile 3y ago
This is why you let a computer choose. By doing that you end up forcing the attacker to brute force, which we all know is mathematically unfeasible given enough entropy.
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by swapfile 3y ago
>Chainalysis says little publicly about the techniques it uses to combat technologies like Monero Very disappointing. The entire world's population of cryptographers vs the power of an $8.6 billion company, who comes out on top?
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by swapfile 3y ago
>automatic shadowbanning Yes that seems to be the case here on Hacker News as well as it seems like my submissions and comments don't show up unless I'm logged in. Let's see about this one.
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by swapfile 3y ago
That seems like it would be a huge win for the public. Is there any good reason this couldn't happen besides the obvious troublesome process of passing laws?
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by swapfile 3y ago
This is why I browse the internet with scripts disabled. I don't see a popup of any sort.
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by swapfile 3y ago
Invidious: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=rgxUsdxl0ak Hidden Service: http://ng27owmagn5amdm7l5s3rsqxwscl5ynppnis5dqcasogkyxcfqn7p... I urge anyone reading with technical knowledge who has spare bandwidth and hardware

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