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How to keep people from knowing you are using Tor?

The fact that someone was using Tor was enough to make him a suspect in a recent bomb thread The time he connected to the Tor network was circumstantial evidence, and he proceeded to confess. The point of this is, just knowing who is using Tor is a…
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problem with obfs4proxy and apparmor (solved)

Finally yesterday I installed ubuntu 16.04 and after that I installed tor and obfs4. I add this line at the end of torrc file: UseBridges 1 Bridge obfs4 82.243.119.185:990 B08238781C2CD80DBD95AEABEB6F6C75F2E2CEB6…
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Most common TOR browser configuration - panopticlick

Yesterday I put some effort into getting the best "score" I can on Panopticlick. The following is my result: I did several things to get the lowest numbers for "unique in x browsers". I looked up what the most common screen resolution is and set…
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Is it possible to use BitTorrent over Tor without harming the network?

Using BitTorrent over Tor is said to slow down the whole network because it can't handle the load. The Tor Project discourages it for this reason. What is the main issue with BitTorrent over Tor, and why is it worse than downloading a large file…
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Can I host a hidden service on Amazon EC2

I only have 1mbps upspeed and can't host a hidden service from home, is it a good idea to use Amazon EC2? I already use it for other sites, but what about for a tor site.
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Why is there no Tor Bundle 3.5 for OS X 64bit?

I have 2.3.x for OS X 64 bit and recently got a notice to upgrade to 3.5, the only options were Windows and OS X in 32 bit and Linux 32 or 64. What happened to the 64 bit version of Tor for OS X? Is it still under development? How do I get a…
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What's the difference between the Tor proxy and the Browser Bundle?

I have done some research on Tor the past few months, trying to learn more about it's infrastructure, and have been successful for the most part. However, there is something that I can't seem to find out... I use Linux primarily due to it's…
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SSL certificate for Tor

I have setup a Tor Hidden Service, and have the .onion domain. I wish to setup HTTPS. As I am using a self signed cert when a user visits my site they get a warning, which is extremely off putting. I have seen many Tor sites using HTTPS which do not…
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Enabling JavaScript in Orfox

Some websites require JavaScript to be enabled. How can I enable it in Orfox? (The option was under Settings in Orweb.) Thank you.
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cURL and wget with Tor

What information about me (not the exit node) is revealed when a request originating from cURL / wget is proxied through Tor? Example: curl https://example.com/ --socks5 localhost:9150 -H "User-Agent: " I've looked through the headers (with no…
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Is it a better practise to use DNSCrypt over Tor or is it useless?

DNSCrypt already gives you a protection layers against Man-in-the-middle attacks and should obscure your the traffic your ISP sees.. is it, combined with Tor, a good extra protection or does Tor already cover that and could go in conflict?
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Tor 3.5 and the Function "New Identity" = Logins are lost

If I am logged in on a page and will/must use a new identity, the login is lost after the windows are closed and reopened. I cannot make a logout and must log in again. This problem does not exist with vidalia in version 2.x
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How do you specify a specific ExitNode?

I want to specify an ExitNode that is near me, so I looked at OnionView and found the IP address of the one I want to use. What is the syntax to put in torrc? ExitNodes 73.48.139.226? ExitNodes 73.48.139.226:9001? ExitNodes {73.48.139.226}? The…
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Tor can't access its dir?

I've tried to set up a tor hidden service on /var/hidden. And after chmod-ing it to 777 and chown-ing it to debian-tor it still won't work. Why is that? Why doesn't it have permission to write to that directory and it has to write the default…
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How to only use Tor to resolve DNS queries

I use want to anonymize my DNS requests ; I've tried to put DNSPort 53 in torrc, restarting the tor daemon and polipo, even restarting my computer. By using nestat -atop I can't see any daemon listening on the port 53, however tor-resolve work…
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