[tor-talk] What's this error message and should a Tor user be concerned?

2011-11-04 Thread Andre Risling
The following error message appeared in the Message Log; Oct 01 10:09:01.783 [Warning] Requested exit point '$SOME REALLY HUGE NUMBER' is excluded or would refuse request. Closing. Oct 01 10:09:02.356 [Warning] Making tunnel to dirserver failed. Should I be concerned about it? What does it

[tor-talk] WSJ- Google- Sonic Mr. Applebaum

2011-10-10 Thread Andre Risling
Here's how Google is a compliant slave. You still use Gmail?! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203476804576613284007315072.html#ixzz1aMoq8l2i -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service ___ tor-talk mailing list

[tor-talk] Google and Gmail

2011-09-10 Thread Andre Risling
I've noticed a lot of people that are concerned about privacy and security are using Gmail accounts. Do you really trust Google not to read your email and tell THE MAN what you've been saying? -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders

Re: [tor-talk] Tor banned in Pakistan.

2011-09-10 Thread Andre Risling
On Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:55 PM, and...@torproject.org wrote: On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 10:08:35PM +0100, pump...@cotse.net wrote 0.7K bytes in 16 lines about: : Forgive my ignorance but why would there be any need to inspect : packets for tunnels? Would the authorities not just ask

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-09 Thread Andre Risling
-- andr...@fastmail.fm On Friday, September 09, 2011 11:08 AM, Julian Yon jul...@yon.org.uk wrote: On 09/09/11 03:02, Andre Risling wrote: - Why would someone want to change (spoof) their MAC address? If you're an activist who travels the country and uses free WiFi to access

[tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-08 Thread Andre Risling
I've some questions about MAC address and changing it - Why would someone want to change (spoof) their MAC address? - Is a computers MAC address sent out whenever you connect to the web? -If it is, how often is it sent out? - Who stores the MAC address of the computer you're using? The

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-08 Thread Andre Risling
-- andr...@fastmail.fm On Thursday, September 08, 2011 7:32 PM, Seth David Schoen sch...@eff.org wrote: Andre Risling writes: I've some questions about MAC address and changing it - Why would someone want to change (spoof) their MAC address? The MAC address usually identifies