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Can't set master password in the tor browser
I'm using the tor browser version 10.5.2 in whonix 15, everything works, except that I cannot save logins in the tor browser because every time I try to setup a master password, a popup window appears, throwing me the following message : Unable to…
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Can ReachableAddresses be on separate lines?
Can ReachableAddresses be on separate lines? Like this:
ReachableAddresses accept *:80
ReachableAddresses accept *:443
Or does it have to fit into one? Like this:
ReachableAddresses accept *:443, accept *:80
adrelanos
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High CPU usage on some sites
On some sites, the CPU usage goes to 100% (one core) and it freezes any activity inside the browser. For example I can move the window, but not click the tabs or in the page, and if I do, the actions are delayed.
One site in particular,…
a concerned citizen
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Tails download repeatedly showing bad signature
I am running Tails version .22.0. I downloaded version .23 and the sig file (under the verify signature command). It was reported as a bad signature. This happened again with the 1.0 download. I have tried a few different ways of verifying the…
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What's the difference between torify, usewithtor, tsocks and torsocks?
I want to use an external application with Tor.
I find 4 different commands for that, and I am not sure about their relations.
usewithtor
torify
tsocks
torsocks
What's the relation between those 4 commands/applications?
Karel Bílek
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Is there a way to connect to a git remote located on the onion hidden service?
I have recently set up an onion hidden service specifically to use it with git. I've used the method described in the answer for this question, however, I wasn't able to figure out the exact way to connect to the server, since neither ssh, nor git…
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Why doesn't curl download from file a onion service?
I am attempting to download a file from a hidden service using curl. I downloaded the Tor client and launched it and from another terminal executed this:
curl --socks5 socks5://127.0.0.1:9050 https://check.torproject.org > /tmp/output.txt
After…
Jerry
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Tor Browser launching very slowly
I am using Tor Browser on Lunx Mint 19.1. In the beginning it worked seamlessly, but in the last few days it took several minutes to start up.
To understand it better I started 'torbrowser-launcher' from the console. Apparently startup is so slow,…
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How does an introduction point communicate with a hidden service using its public key?
From reading this and this, I understand that a hidden service builds a virtual network to an introduction point and provides it with its public key.
What I'm wondering is, how does the introduction point then communicate with the hidden service…
hiphopopotamus
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pdf files opening on new tab on-click, is it safe?
I read : documents should not be opened when tor running. But Tor browser bundle opens .pdf links right away in new tab using pdf.js in firefox.
Is doing that safe? Or should I disable pdf.js from about:config settings of the TBB?
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Best way to view Tor logs and network stats using Tor via Homebrew?
I have installed Tor using Homebrew and configured torrc for client and bridge relay usage. However I would like to be able to see stats similar to what is available in Vidalia network monitor and log viewer. I understand ARM should give me what I'm…
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Are Google’s captchas often downright impossible to solve for Tor users because reCAPTCHA is *lying* to them?
(Stack Exchange’s system tells me that my question appears to be subjective and is likely to be closed. But judge for yourself if this is the case.)
Do you remember when Google used text captchas only? When you were confronted with them whilst…
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Would adding uBlock Origin to Tor Browser compromise its privacy?
There is a long discussion (covering two years) as to the pros and cons of including uBlock Origin as a pre-bundled part of the TBB (https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17569), but no conclusion was reached. In my experience with normal…
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Error 1064 When trying to start tor service on windows 10
What i have done:
Downloaded the tor expert bundle zip file
extracted the zip file toC:\tor\
Add the C:\tor\Tor to the Path system environment variable
Added C:\tor\Tor\tor.exe to the LOCAL SERVICE group with the Full Control privileges
Add…
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