Re: [tor-talk] WTF? [was Re: Why do you use Tor?]

2018-12-10 Thread Masayuki Hatta
HI, > Mirimir wrote: > > So hey, I just got this. Anyone else? I got this too. Seems a list member (allmyjenks at gmail.com?) uses this service and reply to the author of the mail. Very annoying. Best regards, MH -- Masayuki Hatta Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management,

Re: [tor-talk] comparison of Tor and Kovri in regards to deanonymization attacks

2018-12-10 Thread Masayuki Hatta
Hi, > > I2P by design safer than Tor. but due to the usage and rapid development > > of Tor , I2P left behind many steps which needs long time to catch up or > > sudden magic stick effect. I might be a kind of a rare bird here since I'm involved with both I2P and Tor. I was also involved with

Re: [tor-talk] Why do you use Tor?

2018-12-10 Thread Damon (TheDcoder)
I began using Tor as a way to circumvent censorship... so anonymity or privacy were not my primary goals. Some of you may know that I made a program called ProxAllium which keeps Tor running in the background so that I can use the SOCKS proxy in my browser to circumvent censorship. These days it

Re: [tor-talk] Why do you use Tor?

2018-12-10 Thread Mirimir
On 12/10/2018 10:05 AM, Nathaniel Suchy wrote: > Hi, > > I'm curious to learn the reasons that various people on the lists, for those > who are comfortable sharing, why they use Tor. I'm also curious as to whether > users on this list only use Tor or if there are times they use a normal >

[tor-talk] Why do you use Tor?

2018-12-10 Thread Nathaniel Suchy
Hi, I'm curious to learn the reasons that various people on the lists, for those who are comfortable sharing, why they use Tor. I'm also curious as to whether users on this list only use Tor or if there are times they use a normal browser (if so what tasks). I use Tor mainly as an incognito

Re: [tor-talk] Tor security

2018-12-10 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Kevin Burress dijo [Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:21:22AM -0500]: > I just have to check, is tor secure yet? > > I was thinking it might be more secure with these AI based timing attacks > now if the number of hops is more adjustable. Although I would like to see > a means of negotiating a layer

[tor-talk] Tor security

2018-12-10 Thread Kevin Burress
I just have to check, is tor secure yet? I was thinking it might be more secure with these AI based timing attacks now if the number of hops is more adjustable. Although I would like to see a means of negotiating a layer between a hidden service or exit node using multiple connections in

Re: [tor-talk] Tor and JavaScript

2018-12-10 Thread iwanlegit
1. not serious? JS leaks my OS name, architecture name, clock setting, fonts, and more... These are not my IP address even though I don't welcome JS. 2. serious! If malicious attackers/softwares can get my IP address but can't send it to their server directly, they may replace my OS name to

Re: [tor-talk] Tor and JavaScript

2018-12-10 Thread David Teller
Well, there are many ways to use JavaScript to deanonymize you. For instance, JS can be used to measure the speed of specific operations on your computer, which already gives some information on what kind of computer you are using. Firefox contains some counter-measures against this, TorBrowser

[tor-talk] Tor and JavaScript

2018-12-10 Thread jiggytwiggy
Are there any serious disadvantages to using JS with the TBB. As we know, disabling JS prevents some sites working at all while other sites has reduced functionality. Correct me if I am wrong, but I'm sure that server-side JS cannot get the user's real (non-Tor) IP address. If that's correct,