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Does TOR Leak Time and Time Zone?
Does TOR leak time and time zone which can expose the approximate user location on earth?
I think some JavaScript codes in web pages, asks operating system time before submitting the web form.
Does TOR browser change or hide the system time in any…
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What would speed up the Tor network the most: 500Mbits server or 5 x 100Mbits servers?
What would speed up the Tor network the most: 500Mbits exit relay server or 5 x 100Mbits exit relay servers?
user15485
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Cannot start Tor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
First of all I am kind of new to Linux and Ubuntu, also I have not been using tor for long, I am learning about it. It is the first time I encounter issues with it, been using on Win and Ubuntu fine until now.
Cutting things short, I cannot start…
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Why does Firefox show as my browser and not Tor?
Why does Firefox show as my browser when I access a site, such as AOL? I thought Tor was my browser. What does Firefox have to do with this site?
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Is there a recommended and/or compatible antivirus software and/or tool available for Tor Browser Bundle
Specifically, for window OS, is there a recommended and/or compatible antivirus software and/or tool one can use to increase the security of the system. The point being, if there is a malware on the system, all the security Tor provides could be in…
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Guard Nodes: how long is too long?
I've had the same guard node for almost 4 weeks now. I know it's natural to have the same guard for a prolonged period, but a month? I use tbb every day, tbb version 6.0.7 on ubuntu 16.
Would anyone say that's normal?
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Concurrent use of internet with and without Tor — Any adverse effect on anonymity?
When using Tor, if I download a file form a download-manager (on which Tor is not running) or if I check my emails using an email-clients, will this have any adverse effect on my anonymity? Will my real IP-address be exposed?
Little moon
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Changing identity using Tor and Stem
I'm following the tutorial To Russia With Love, and as part of this I want to change the identity everytime I run the code. I've looked at multiple questions and tutorials and from the looks of it my torrc-defaults file is correct as it has:…
April
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Unix command 'mail', send mail to an .onion address mail
In my server, I installed tor and postfix. I can send an email via this simple shell commands :
echo "foo" | mail -s "example" testest@sigaint.org
No problem here, its work.
Now, I want be able to send emails to .onion address. So When I execute…
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Can't governments who want to censor Tor just block the directory authorities?
Can't governments who want to censor Tor just block the directory authorities? Or does the client reach the directory authorities to fetch the consensus only after building a circuit so that we have…
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Cannot use get_ports() with stem modules
I am unable to use the function get_ports() with stem. It says
# python get_ports.py OR
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File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/stem/socket.py", line 126, in send
raise stem.SocketClosed()
get_ports.py contains the following:
import…
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How to make Tor relay's ORPort reachable?
I have Tor expert bundle v0.2.8.7. I'm trying to configure a relay under Windows 7. After a day of work the relay is still not reachable:
Nov 13 20:08:14.000 [warn] Your server (xx.xx.xx.xx:9001) has not
managed to confirm that its ORPort is…
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MAC OSX 10.12 Sierra -TOR cannot connect to control port mac os sierra fix
I have updated to MAC OSX Sierra and now tor will open but just says: tor cannot connect to control port
I have no firewall installed and no antivirus either.
Can someone please advice what may be the issue or what a fix could be please?
I have…
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Tor 0.2.4.20 build fails on Raspberry Pi -
I'm trying to compile Tor from source on the latest version of Raspbian on a Raspberry Pi Model B according to the instructions on the Tor Project website.
I started compilation with debuild -rfakeroot -uc -us and everything went swimmingly for the…
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How to use Tor with Google Chrome?
I followed online advices to run google-chrome with tor (on Ubuntu 16.04)
tor & 2&>1 >/dev/null
/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable…
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