Re: [tor-talk] (no subject)
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Re: [tor-talk] Moving stuff between Tor Browsers
While I am not 100% sure if this is correct, but the Tor package should be portable, so you can try just moving the whole folder across to "transfer" the stuff. On 20/12/18 8:54 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > Hi list > > I'm wondering what is the proper way to move all the > settings/bookmarks/saved passwords from one instance of Tor Browser to > an other? It doesn't matter if information gets overwritten on the > receiving end. Same version 8.0.4 and same OS (Linux) on both. > > /Robin > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
Re: [tor-talk] Why do you use Tor?
I began using Tor as a way to circumvent censorship... so anonymity or privacy were not my primary goals. Some of you may know that I made a program called ProxAllium which keeps Tor running in the background so that I can use the SOCKS proxy in my browser to circumvent censorship. These days it is different though, as I have switched to Linux as my main operating system and therefore could not use my own program. I also have a VPN and use Mozilla-Cloudflare's DoH DNS to circumvent DNS-based censorship from my ISP... Regards, TheDcoder. On 10/12/18 10:35 PM, Nathaniel Suchy wrote: > Hi, > > I'm curious to learn the reasons that various people on the lists, for those > who are comfortable sharing, why they use Tor. I'm also curious as to whether > users on this list only use Tor or if there are times they use a normal > browser (if so what tasks). > > I use Tor mainly as an incognito browser probably once or twice a day > depending on my needs. Often there's things I don't want to leave in a > browser history or my home ISP to know about. It's also nice if I want to > watch a specific video or resource on a website and don't want it in my > recommendations later on. That said there are some things I just look at in > Safari (please don't judge me for using a WebKit Browser :P ) > > What about people on this list? Look forward to hearing from you all :) > Cordially, > Nathaniel Suchy -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
Re: [tor-talk] You Can Now Watch YouTube Videos with Onion Hidden Services
I agree with Seth, this particular YouTube frontend/proxy seems to be more focused on offering an alternative viewing experience rather than privacy. One interesting thing I have noted which may improve privacy (but still does not outweigh the risk involved) is that this site provides video playback without requiring JavaScript, so it maybe suitable for general purpose use for users who do not wish to have JavaScript enabled. On 06/12/18 11:17 AM, Seth David Schoen wrote: > Seth David Schoen writes: > >> if its operator knew a vulnerability in some clients' video codecs, > (or in some other part of Tor Browser, since the proxy can also serve > arbitrary HTTP headers, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JSON, and media files of > various types) > >> it could also serve a maliciously modified video to attack them -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
Re: [tor-talk] ProxAllium - A Tor frontend for Windows
Hi Mirimir, Your concerns are valid, and I agree with them. But the main goal of ProxAllium is to enable the user to use Tor with normal applications, support for relays is planned but it is not included in the current version. The next major release will be re-written in C and it will be cross-platform, so users could use it on Linux to run relays :) I know some people who also intend to run relays on Windows, but I do not plan to explicitly discourage them from doing so. I believe they would (or should) be aware of what they are getting into before hosting a relay, so I leave that up to them and only provide tools to make that happen. In short, ProxAllium does not address these concerns, as it falls out-of-scope of its goal. It is only a frontend to Tor, so if Tor can do it, ProxAllium will most likely not stop it from doing so. That is my train of thought. I believe it is all about the chain of trust that the user has. Do let me know if you have any ideas which can improve these concerns without being too restrictive arbitrarily, some resistance with warning messages in the GUI should be enough I think. With Regards, Damon H. (TheDcoder) ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On August 4, 2018 11:58 PM, Mirimir wrote: > On 08/04/2018 10:17 AM, Damon (TheDcoder) wrote: > > > Hello everyone! > > I would like to first say that ProxAllium is in no > > way affiliated with the Tor > > Project and it is developed independently by me at the moment. > > Introduction: ProxAllium is a simple GUI frontend for Tor which works in > > Windows, the main goal of this program is to allow the user to get Tor up and > > running without the need of using Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) and configuring > > it. > > ProxAllium makes the process easy by automatically generating a safe > > configuration for Tor without any user interaction on the first launch! > > It's GUI displays useful information like the port, proxy type, PID etc of Tor > > in a single place so that this information is very accessible. > > > > Hey, I get where you're coming from. The Tor Project wiki isn't all that > helpful about standalone Tor setup in Windows. However, although I have > zero affiliation with the Tor Project, it's my impression that this > hasn't entirely been an oversight. In particular, I get that running > relays in Windows is discouraged, in light of security concerns. That > is, they're arguably more likely pwned by adversaries, and used to > attack the network. And I suspect also that there are concerns about > torrenting, which stresses the system. > > Perhaps more fundamentally, there are concerns about surveillance by > Microsoft. I mean, using Tor arguably secures network traffic from > adversaries, but what secures the system from Microsoft? In particular, > unless users take extreme effort, Microsoft knows their identityies. And > if Microsoft is logging browsing and other network traffic, and file > operations, it arguably knows what users are doing, notwithstanding Tor. > > So anyway, how does ProxAllium address those concerns? > > - > > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
[tor-talk] ProxAllium - A Tor frontend for Windows
Hello everyone! I would like to first say that [ProxAllium](https://proxallium.org/) is in no way affiliated with the Tor Project and it is developed independently by me at the moment. Introduction: ProxAllium is a simple GUI frontend for Tor which works in Windows, the main goal of this program is to allow the user to get Tor up and running without the need of using Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) and configuring it. ProxAllium makes the process easy by automatically generating a safe configuration for Tor without any user interaction on the first launch! It's GUI displays useful information like the port, proxy type, PID etc of Tor in a single place so that this information is very accessible. ProxAllium has a robust notification system which informs the user of any important events like errors, crashes, unexpected exits and successful connections. The information console at the bottom of the GUI shows all the errors and warnings from Tor as-is. For more detailed information the user can open the "Tor Output" window which will show the full output from Tor. All of these features make troubleshooting a little less painful. The GUI also minimizes to the tray automatically and moves out of the user's way :) On the technical side, bridges (with some select PTs) are supported out of the box, thanks to Yawning Angel's obfs4proxy. Tor is also handled properly via the control protocol as defined by control-spec.txt, so that actions like shutting down and switching circuits are done properly. Background: I started writing ProxAllium almost 2 years ago (around November 2016). My main motivation was the lack of a tool/script which can setup Tor and keep it running in the background so that I can use it with other applications like IRC clients, browsers (for circumventing censorship) etc. The userbase has always remained small, with only my close friends and some other people who have managed to find ProxAllium through limited advertising (by me) at select places like Reddit, YouTube and IRC. I have not really been able to spread awareness very far yet, though I have big plans. My marketing skills though, with what I have done, seem to have failed so far. Future: I intend to further develop ProxAllium by entirely re-writing it in C and make it cross-platform so that everyone can reap its benefits. However, my main problem is lack of motivation and feedback, it would greatly help if some of you could try it out and give me any helpful feedback or ideas that I can implement, I will try my best to accommodate everyone's requests. Sorry for the long email and congratulations for reading this far, I truly appreciate you taking the time. With Regards, Damon H. (TheDcoder) -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
