Honestly, do yourself a favour and use either Torbrowser or Tails. Its much easier and much more secure. ---- Best Regards, cl34r
Gabrielle DiFonzo <catshar...@aol.com> wrote: > >Okay. Now I'm officially confused. > >If I download Tor, can't I run it as a separate program from IE? Can I run the >two programs separately, like the proverbial ships in the night? > >Can someone tell me exactly what it means to configure Tor through IE? Can't I >configure it by itself and continue to use the two independently of each other? > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tom Ritter <t...@ritter.vg> >To: tor-talk <tor-talk@lists.torproject.org> >Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2013 10:26 am >Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Will Tor affect Internet Explorer? (newbie question) > > >On Jul 11, 2013 11:41 PM, "cl34r" <an0n102...@riseup.net> wrote: >> >> On 07/11/2013 11:24 PM, Gabrielle DiFonzo wrote: >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >> Hi >> >>> I am currently running Windows 7 and my usual browser is Internet >Explorer. If I download Tor, will I still be able to use Internet Explorer >when I want to? >> >> You can configure Tor to with any browser. However, by doing this you are >compromising anonymity. >> >>> Will continuing to use IE compromise my Tor privacy? >> >> Yes. The best solution is to download Torbrowser from the Torproject >website, or Tails at https://tails.boum.org. Not only do either of these >solutions work out of the box (in most cases), they also preserve anonymity. >> >>> Will Tor affect my other programs in any way? >> >> Not unless you configure them to use Tor. > >Actually, to use Tor with IE, you have to set the system-wide proxy, which >will affect the operating system and other applications. > >I don't know anyone who's ever looked at what will be sent through that, >but I do know it will be a lot. (Windows update traffic for example) > >For this reason, and others, I would really recommend against using IE with >Tor. >_______________________________________________ >tor-talk mailing list >tor-talk@lists.torproject.org >https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > >_______________________________________________ >tor-talk mailing list >tor-talk@lists.torproject.org >https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk