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Google knows my language when I use Tor

When I go to google.com (without being logged in) it switches to google.de (I am from Germany), even though I am using Tor. How is this information still available to google? Tor Browser Bundle 5.0.2. on Ubuntu 15.04
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How many streams does Tor attach to the same circuit?

How many streams does Tor attach to the same circuit, i.e. when Tor think that it is a time to build a new circuit? I know that the lifetime of a circuit is 10 minutes (for new connections). But before that 10 minutes, can we attach all the coming…
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Can I just run tor and obsfproxy on windows platform without having to start tor browser

Does anyone know how to start tor.exe and obsf4proxy.exe on WIN32 platform without having to launch Tor browser? For instance in order to use a 3389 client to access the 3389 server by tor, I must first start the Tor browser, and in this way tor.exe…
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Exit Nodes in restricted countries

The British government has recently announced plans to require censoring of "terrorist" and "extremist" websites (1)(2). It seems UK residents may soon find themselves joining the ranks of those needing to use Tor more regularly for accessing…
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Where should I report issues with the Tor website?

I was browsing the Tor website in preparation for the Project for Awesome and I noticed some of the links are broken. To whom should I report these issues to? Can I suggest the fix myself?
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Does those ExitPolicy make my relay a Tor non-exit relay?

I just set up a non-exit relay and it seems to work. I just want to make sure that I really have a non-exit relay. In the torrc file I set the option ExitPolicy to reject *:*. Does this make a non-exit relay? I thought so, but I'm not sure.
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What does Tor do with streams?

I am a bit confused about handling streams in Tor. When we visit a website like Youtube the browser sends more than 100 requests to more than 20 different hosts. If we consider each request is for a TCP connection and, for the sake of anonymity, we…
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Can I download other software via TBB safely?

I use the Tor Browser Bundle for software downloads because I can not use the internet for this without Tor. Windows and Linux software download sites often do not use HTTPS, so I run the risk of having my downloads modified by the exit node without…
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Can Tor change circuit while accessing a webpage?

In that case, it should download the page from the beginning because the TCP connection was closed, right? If it's not the case, how does Tor know when the site has finished loading?
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How many preemptively built circuits?

I want to know how many preemptively circuits Tor can builds. I got confused about it when I read "Tor Path Specification". According to this article, at the startup Tor builds 3 clean circuits, but somewhere else it says Tor builds 2 circuits for…
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Open localhost:8080 in tails to run hidden service in tails ... polipo seems to be blocking me

I am trying to set up a hidden service in tails and it seems that polipo is blocking access to 127.0.0.1:8080 where I am hosting an Apache site. Is there any way to configure polipo to allow access to certain localhost ports? My assumption is that…
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Are there any Tor Cloud alternatives?

Tor Cloud makes running a full-time bridge in the cloud fairly easy, and using Amazon's EC2 means there are plenty of locations available at a moderate price. This means though that a lot of Tor-eggs are going into one Amazon-sized basket. Are there…
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SSH from tor on ubuntu

I am trying to setup SSH tunneling using tor on Ubuntu 14.04 I have added the tor repo: deb http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor lenny main And installing the following packages: - tor - connect-proxy And this is my .ssh/config Host…
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How random connections are taken care of in Tor network?

In Tor, I heard that traffic is passed through 3 servers in the network before it reaches the destination, and it's encrypted between those 3 servers, and that those 3 computers are chosen randomly. Considering the fact that true randomness is not…
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Tor 5.0.1 times out on any non-trivial webpage

I'm running Tor 5.0.1 on an up-to-date Kubuntu system. Normally Tor runs fine; I route Thunderbird through the Tor port as well, and everything runs smoothly. But in the last three or four days the Tor browser has slowed to where it no longer…
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