[tor-talk] When to use and not to use tor.

2011-06-11 Thread Fernan Bolando
Hi all I have seen posts on various websites giving a general rules on when and when not to use tor. I have seen, however any official documentation on from torproject or any of the privacy website like eff. Does such a documentation exists? can somebody point me to it. examples dont use tor in

[tor-talk] browser bundles

2011-06-11 Thread Cristobal G
HI All, I have downloaded tor browser bundles with firefox 4 and with an older firefox. They both seem to work well. A few questions I have are: Is there an advantage to one or the other? Firefox 4 might have better security features or it might be buggy still due to recent release and those

Re: [tor-talk] browser bundles

2011-06-11 Thread tagnaq
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/11/2011 08:39 PM, Cristobal G wrote: HI All, I have downloaded tor browser bundles with firefox 4 and with an older firefox. They both seem to work well. A few questions I have are: Is there an advantage to one or the other?

Re: [tor-talk] When to use and not to use tor.

2011-06-11 Thread Joe Btfsplk
I'm not a guru in this dept - only what I've read. Reason usually given not to use Tor for Banking is because the Tor exit node has to send unencrypted data to your target site (like bank PWs). Unless your communication w/ that site was somehow encrypted ( a login PW wouldn't be). A