Hello, I recently setup my own Tor relay, and its exciting! But I've had the following questions about Tor for a while:
(1) I read in a recent list posting that paid "private" VPN services provides no anonymity. According to some of those providers, they don't keep any log of your connections. Is this just a marketing gimmick, or are there other reasons why a VPN service provides no anonymity? Is there a side by side comparison between using Tor vs VPN? (2) The Tor network discourages some uses of it like BitTorrent (and other file sharing?). I can understand that from a bandwidth/speed perspective, but if I want to share files via BitTorrent (such as a GNU/Linux distro image), is there a way to make it more private? (2) I am using the FoxyProxy addon in Thunderbird 6 to use Tor as a proxy. Is this an effective way to improve my email privacy? The only other possible issue I can think of is that my email headers are "real", but I am not sure if that matters so much? (3) The Tor website is now encouraging the use of the new Tor Browser Bundle, and it seems that the TorButton Firefox addon will no longer be supported for much longer. Does that mean the only way for anonymous browsing via Tor is with the Tor Browser Bundle? Is there a way I can setup usual Firefox for browsing that is just as good as the Bundle? Perhaps by using FoxyProxy and other settings? Answers/explanations for any or all of the above questions would be great. Many thanks to the developers who made Tor the great service it is today. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk