I always assumed that when I was getting this message it was because of a
compromised exit node.
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:49 AM, bao song michaelw...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Once upon a time, if one clicked on a non-html link (pdf, doc, etc.) one
got the warning that opening the document might
Once upon a time, if one clicked on a non-html link (pdf, doc, etc.) one got
the warning that opening the document might unmask one.
This warning is clearly valid for some documents, because they automatically
connect to web-based resources to download linked files and images without
going
On Mar 10, 2012, at 9:49 AM, bao song wrote:
I don't think Word or Adobe Reader automatically connect external links
without warning the user, but I could be wrong.
Think of Word and PDF documents as potential connect-back shells; then you may
understand the warnings better.
-RPW
Excerpts from bao song's message of 2012-03-10 09:49:35 +0100:
So my question is: do Adobe Reader and Word document automatically connect to
download images and links without going through Tor, or do they just display
links that the users must activate to download the content and thereby expose
HI,
I know what this message means, the question is why it is displayed when
clicking on a download link. And it was not a pdf or something, it was an
example with the TBB on the tor webpage.
Maybe Mike can advise?
Have a great day! :-)
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Joe Btfsplk
On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 03:17:46PM +, toruser0...@gmail.com wrote 0.8K
bytes in 22 lines about:
: I was always wondering why I get the following pop-up message when
: downloading a file. And it does not happen all the time. Why it says that
: an external app is needed when only opening the
Hi,
I was always wondering why I get the following pop-up message when
downloading a file. And it does not happen all the time. Why it says that
an external app is needed when only opening the download window?
*An external application is needed to handle:
On 3/9/2012 9:17 AM, Tor User wrote:
Hi,
I was always wondering why I get the following pop-up message when
downloading a file. And it does not happen all the time. Why it says that
an external app is needed when only opening the download window?
*An external application is needed to
