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How do Google servers discriminate anonymous users?

First of all, I am a new user of Tor and a very naive computer user in general, so excuse me if I am too thick. When I searched anything on Google using Tor, most times I got the 'Error 403 forbidden' and sometimes I had to type a CAPTCHA. I came…
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Is there any risk to use the Tor Browser along with other programs (not using Tor)

Please, could you tell me if my anonymity is at risk if I use the Tor Browser in the following scenarios: I am using other browsers or programs (accessing the Internet, but not through Tor), while I am using the Tor Browser; I am using a torrent…
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Why does Tails use an insecure memory wiping process

When I shutdown Tails, various standard messages appear including the statement that if the system does not power-off, then it is likely that the memory wiping process has failed. More curiously, I notice that something along the following lines…
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Sniff Tor onions address from a relay

Currently working on a Tor study, I would have a question regarding the tor hidden services. I read lot of technicals papers to better understand the tor working on this point, like these good articles: The Tor dark net:…
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Does Tor block network administrators from determining sites accessed/data downloaded?

If I am on a network in which the admins monitor sites accessed and possibly data downloaded; can I be confident that Tor would block them from doing this? Are there any exceptions - for example if there are too few people using Tor on the network,…
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SSH to Tor Hidden service running on Home Computer failed

Tor recently started fiddling with Tor and found out I can host a Tor hidden service that will allow me to forward SSH traffic through a firewall. My setup is: I have a computer at home hosting a SSH Hidden Service on Tor with these settings:…
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How is CVE-2015-7547 impacting Tor/Tails/Tor Browser?

If this is critically impacting Tails, for example, why hasn't there been an immediate upgrade to apply the patch?
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Is it safe to resize Tor Browser after the page has loaded?

I know window size shouldn't be changed for anonymity reasons, but what if the page has already loaded? Does it still affect anonymity?
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Connect to Orbot Socks5 proxy from computer on same network

I want to use Orbot on my phone as a proxy server for my desktop or any computer on my local network. How/can I set Orbot up to let me do this?
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Could not launch managed proxy executable at '/usr/bin/obfs4proxy' ('Operation not permitted')

For the life of me, I cannot get my tor bridge relay working with obfsproxy, or obfs4proxy. I am running Ubuntu 15.10 with tor v0.2.7.6 (git-605ae665009853bd). Tor starts and bootstraps fine and is accessible to the outside world, but the managed…
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What does the log line "not enough directory information to build a circuit" mean?

I just changed tor bridge type from obfs3 to obfs4. What's the meaning of the bold sentence? BTW, Tor connection is fine. (Win7 user) 2016-01-18 7:26:51.800 [NOTICE] new bridge descriptor 'xxxxx' (fresh): $xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~xxxx at…
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In Tor Browser, I connect to the exact same entry node all the time, unable to change it

I've been using Tor Browser Bundle for a long time, and it used to always pick a different circuit for every site, including changing the entry node for every circuit but then it just suddenly became static with the entry nodes. The version didn't…
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I'm building lot's of circuits. What could cause this?

I run a relay. It has a SocksPort listening, but I don’t use it as a client for anything at the moment. It also hosts a hidden service. From time to time I get warnings like this: [warn] Your Guard nickname ($F1N63RPR1N7) is failing a very large…
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Performance capacity of Tor network to handle large amount of users watching Netflix

I understand that there may not be an explicit answer to this question, so I am just asking about the likelihood. Take for example the Anonabox Kickstarter project from last year. This project promised to route "all traffic coming out of or going…
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TOR asking for donations?

I downloaded new TOR and got an ad on the top of the browser stating "Please support TOR DONATE" with a pic of Cory Doctorow on the top of the page. I never saw TOR advertise before. Is this the real TOR or am I compromised?
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