[tor-talk] mac browser

2015-07-10 Thread de box
hi, within the torbrowser 17.0.8, the download window is left open after getting a new identity. not so in newer versions, which makes downloads unconfortable. maybe yuh can change back this feature greetings de box -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or chan

[tor-talk] Mac OS X: how to make sure everything is going through tor?

2011-11-29 Thread Robin Kipp
Hi all, I am using Mac OS X and running the Vidalia Bundle. For my network connection that connects me to the internet, I have the Polipo address and port configured as the Web proxy, Secure Web proxy and SOCKS proxy in the network preferences. Now, this seems to have worked, as all of my browser

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-10 Thread Koh Choon Lin
Hi > I've noticed in Ubuntu that when the computer is booted up and before I > connect to the web the computer needs the "keyring" password.  No matter > whether I try to change my  mac address that stupid keyring thing won't > let me do anything until it gets the "answer it wants".  So the passwo

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-09 Thread Julian Yon
On 09/09/11 12:43, Andre Risling wrote: > I've forgotten already if someone answered thisbut with the > free WiFi connections do they typically get your MAC address? Any router you connect to knows your MAC address. That's a necessary part of how the network works. It isn't propagated further

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 01:43:13PM +0200, Andre Risling wrote: > I've forgotten already if someone answered thisbut with the > free WiFi connections do they typically get your MAC address? > > I've noticed in Ubuntu that when the computer is booted up and before I > connect to the web the co

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-09 Thread Andre Risling
-- andr...@fastmail.fm On Friday, September 09, 2011 11:08 AM, "Julian Yon" 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 the internet,

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-09 Thread Julian Yon
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 the internet, you might not want to make it any easier for law enforcement to track your movements. Julian signa

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-09 Thread Jeroen Massar
On 2011-09-09 05:09 , cmeclax-sazri wrote: > On Thursday 08 September 2011 22:02:56 Andre Risling wrote: >> - Who stores the MAC address of the computer you're using? The ISP? An >> Webmail service? > > On IPv4, a MAC address goes only as far as the local network (the MAC address > my router ha

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-08 Thread cmeclax-sazri
On Thursday 08 September 2011 22:02:56 Andre Risling wrote: > - Who stores the MAC address of the computer you're using? The ISP? An > Webmail service? On IPv4, a MAC address goes only as far as the local network (the MAC address my router has on the WAN side goes to my ISP). On IPv6, if you ru

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-08 Thread Seth David Schoen
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 a particular physical computer to a local area network. If someone doesn't want their physical computer to be reco

Re: [tor-talk] Mac?

2011-09-08 Thread Andre Risling
-- andr...@fastmail.fm On Thursday, September 08, 2011 7:32 PM, "Seth David Schoen" 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

[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 IS