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@[email protected] @[email protected] can we get this thread pinned? i didn't read it all but it looks like decent advice and the question about what's tor and how to use it best comes up frequently
I will start by saying that the author of the article was a tor researcher and dev so this gives some context on the content and me posting this.
may I ask why? I generally agree with the sentiment of the article but I don't have a very strong opinion on this and maybe I'm missing something.
PS I don't think the usual "I will end up in a list of people who use Tor" argument is a valid one.
I disagree with this, it's simply overkill for 99% of the people with arguably no benefit at all. what's there to gain?
ironic how this is posted below an article that says that testing websites are not reliable and that you should not read into the results unless you understand them. I don't think this is the case, sorry about being painfully honest but I don't want people to freak out over tests instead of reading a well written article:
that's simply not true. TB has further enhancement and code changes, it is based on ESR plus it's not the same as a private window at all since private mode does not write to disk for example. most importantly tho: TB has crowd and the Tor network, that's vital and a huge difference. a traffic analysis would also probably identify Firefox + uBO in medium mode vs TB. also, arkenfox does not try to make Firefox turn into TB, that's clearly stated in the wiki and I would know as I am a repo admin :-)
usability, a browser with JS disabled by default is not a good everyday browser for most. the more people use Tor Browser daily and have a good experience with it, the larger the crowd gets.
I mean once you are subscribed, why would they want to fingerprint you? they already know who you are. when facebook operates as third party it will be isolated plus on a different circuit and with fingerprinting protection, plus (from arkenfox's wiki):
if a fingerprinting script should run, it would need to be universal or widespread (i.e it uses the exact same canvas, audio and webgl tests among others - most aren't), shared by a data broker (most aren't), not be naive (most are) and not be just first party or used solely for bot detection and fraud prevention (most probably are)
I also don't get what the difference between typing private stuff on facebook on tor or behind a vpn or on your ISP's network is. however I must say that I still understand why from a "peace of mind" perspective it makes sense to keep stuff isolated, so as I said above mine is not really a strong opinion here.
sorry about typing a lot, but I figured this was valuable information to share, despite being nothing new.
Sorry if way too OT, :( What torrent i2p client are you using? I don't like the idea of vuze with a plugin, neither biglybt. I'm more inclined to something like rtorrent (ncurses, and if used with detached screen, then on any ssh session you can remotely monitor, without needing additional remote accesses or web publishing)...
ohh, so I can use any torrent client (rtorrent for example), as long as I only use i2p sort of trackers, or so I understand from your post, and also from the wiki, perhaps specifying the binding address and port, or something like that...