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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Most sites i see on tor are http://blahblahblah.onion even for sites that have logins such as dread or pitch. However, duckduckgo appears to have an https onion which i didnt think was possible. Now the question is if i submit my user/pass on an http onion is it actually safe and is my session with that site properly secure? I know in transport to me it is secure, but if the exit node knows i want the pitch onion is my account info safe from that node since pitch is http.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

It basically doesn't matter. Your connection already goes through 3 nodes on the Tor network and that is plenty enough. There is no reason why you should prefer HTTPS sites over HTTP on the Tor network.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Certs encrypt traffic. It's wrapping your onion traffic up. Your search results are arriving securely.