I just took a look at Tor Blog (should have done if before :P) and I think
they answered all our questions. Take a look at their blog, the link is
below:
https://blog.torproject.org/category/tags/tor-weekly-news
Look, honestly I don't know if you are just new to Tor or if you never cared
enough about it to actually read some papers and watch some presentations
about it... but you are very very wrong about Tor, it's purpose and it's
design.
If you take the time to read the comments I made below, you
Just follow the procedure explained by janlete and lembas. It will work.
> I like tor and I trust the tor project, but I feel much better with
javascript being disabled all the time and though I'm no tor specialist
(you're perfectly right on this) I can't understand why disabling javascript
should harm my anonymity. Perhaps I will learn.
I believe the links I po
Hello everyone.
So, here is what is going on: my trisquel system was somehow compromised.
Every website I tried to access that had https, would load alright the https
would be there, the small lock too, hotmail would give me the green bar...
but EVERY site would do the same thing, a few seco
No problem man =)
I wanted to let people know so they could check if their systems were also
acting in "unusual ways". And of course, since you are going to connect to
the internet, you should be careful with your security (activate firewall,
disable ssh if you don't need it, etc).
As for JS
Hey there, no problem man =) Just wanted to let people know that there was a
possibility of something going on.
That's the weird thing, I was using Noscript and https everywhere too! But at
the point I noticed that strange behavior, I also noticed that https
everywhere seemed to be only in
First, I am not a chicken little spreading fud! I am a user, who understands
that if suddenly your browser starts turning https connections into http by
itself, in every web site, something might be going on! And I am user who
cares enough about the community to tell everyone "check if this i
1. I already had my browser set to "never remember history". So, no cookies,
no nothing... And I use Bleachbit regularly to clean cache and all of that.
So... I don't think it was a matter of that. I am not saying it couldn't have
been, but given the circumstances I don't think it was that.
2
@t3g: yes, exactly! Even the Tor team decided to use firefox esr to be able
to keep up to date with the security issues, and even they have some trouble
to deliver solutions on time (even if they do an amazing job, which I admire
the most!).
I wonder, what is the difference between Abrowser a
Look Banana, I am not pretending. As I have stated before, I am user who
knows that if your browser one day starts turning https connections into http
connections by itself, something is not right. Is it an attack? Is it a bug?
Is it a addon malfunctioning? I don't know. BUT it makes you LESS
You are right in saying we shouldn't jump to conclusions. That's why I did a
few tests before posting here (I tried other internet connections, I tried
livecds, I reinstalled everything...)
Notice I said "might", not "is" or "has been". I let people know that my
system was acting in an UNSE
what, just because I am using hotmail I don't have the right to use
https
-.- and by the way, I am GNUser! not GNUuser. Learn to read (and start
reading internet security related things).
I think there will always be room for every distro, because each person wants
a different thing, and so, each distro will still call its own group of
users.
BUT, I agree, adding things to Dragora would probably be the right choice.
I still would love to have a GNU distro that had like main goa
>If any Trisquel user facing a malfunction she cannot explain would write in
capital letters that "Trisquel might have been compromised", then the forum
would be full of such messages. If, every other user could simply state,
without any justification, that this is due to a vulnerability in t
> First of all, you neither "come here for advice" nor to "ask questions".
You came here to write a post entitled "TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN
COMPROMISED".
Read my first post, and you will see the tests I did, the questions I asked.
If you refuse to acknowledge them, you are just being stubbo
> *You* believe a system needs to be compromised for SSL stripping and *you*
send me to "do some reading on REAL WORLD examples of how security is
broken". Lol.
Well, I explained it to you twice, I won't do it again. You can't read plain
english, too bad. Go back to school. You are just pla
First of all, thanks for your comment, you really raised some good points!
However, I will not be able to answer all your questions, because, like I
said, I already reinstalled Trisquel, deleting everything that I had in my
HD. I would not have done it if I had another computer available, but
The link you provided is in french, which I can't read. So, I won't be able
to extract any information from there. I am sorry.
HOWEVER, I had already tested (using the livecds) if adding the # symbol
would cause it. It did not. And to be sure I just tried it right now with Tor
Browser, and
Thanks for the comment. However, read the one I wrote just above yours.
It's hard for me to believe linterna magica was the culprit, because that
would be like saying "linterna magica will always break your https
connections" :P
(this is a copy of my last reply on the thread that was UNJUSTLY and WRONGLY
moved by an anonymous person to the Troll Hole. If you want to know why I say
they things I say, take a look there... quickly before they delete it! This
thread however is here so that the end results are not hidden
Hello. Thanks for your comment.
Well, I didn't know the answer, I had to go and make some tests, try some
ideas, give my time to help my fellow user... That is what a community is
supposed to be like. Now, if someone like Magic Banana is always trying to
preach as talk as if he was an expert
Thanks for your comment.
Yes, I did lose my temper. I admitted that and apologized for that in the
first post as you can see. HOWEVER, I lost my temper because of some people
here who have been constantly targeting me with unnecessary, unproductive and
unjust criticize one after the other,
Thanks for the comment. However I ask you this: you don't read what I write,
accusing me of writing too much (as if that was proof of me being wrong, lol)
and still try to teach me a moral lesson? No thanks.
I have a brain of my own that I use, instead of merely agreeing with
everything that
For those who like to be lied to, read what MAgic Banana wrote. Those who
want to know the truth and decide by themselves, read the whole thread (the
one that was cowardly and unjustly moved to the Troll Hole).
Although, given the way Magic Banana and other have been treating me, I do
feel
You did not ask for pity, so I will not give you that. I just hope that you
and your family will come out of this stronger as a family after this
difficult time.
Also, I would maybe suggest these two games:
http://games.kde.org/game.php?game=ktuberling
http://edu.kde.org/klettres/
Both are a
Just to make it clear: I am done with wasting my time arguing with some
people here in this forum. You are one of them. From now on, you will get no
reply from me, whatsoever, unless absolutely necessary to help other users.
Got it? -.^
Bye.
The FSF basically gave up on Hurd, which I think was a bad decision. That was
like if they had given up on the entire GNU project "just because it's too
hard". I really think it might have been a decision by RMS, seeing that he
gave up coding and now only gives speeches. I think he could mayb
Openbox is a windows manager, not the desktop environment. There are others,
but if Openbox works, go with it.
Synaptic is the best way to add or remove desktops :)
Debian is one of the oldest GNU/Linux projects still alive. It is also one of
the most (maybe THE most) developed project. They have made packages
available for nearly all software that you use in Trisquel, and they support
many different architectures and even different kernels (they are may
Honestly, one shouldn't trust anything that comes from canonical anymore. I
Don't think they would allow HoT on their system, but they have done other
things that I think are a signal of their secret agendas.
HoT apparently affects the most secure distros out there (Fedora and Debian
for exam
Did you use remove or complete remove? In synaptic you have both options, use
the complete one.
Maybe instead of trying to get them to accept Trisquel (they refuse ubuntu
based distros, with good reason) we should try to explain to them that those
other distros should be removed. They probably never had anyone saying
"OpenSuse uses proprietary which is bad because of this and this, so p
> The FSF did not gave up on HURD "just because it's too hard" but because
the Linux kernel, distributed under the GNU GPL, was there to fill the gap.
Notice, for instance, that that the GNU project never started a window system
because the X window system, distributed under a free software l
If you are trying to make it look better you are failing miserably So,
not only people have to worry about evil code that leaks from Ubuntu, they
also have to worry about stupid mistakes (cmon, that was a really dumb one)
made by Trisquel team itself?? Nope, I will pass thanks.
As I hav
You still fail to understand that it was the GNU team (especially RMS)
intellectual superiority that allowed Linux to exist. If they had choosen a
more simple design for their kernel, they would have finished it years before
linus even knew how to type his name. BUT, because they couldn't get
Apparently a few modifications that help privacy... that's nice.
But no security features (like a freaking ufw by default!)... Well, that was
a nice try, it's good to see that they at least pay attention to what the
users (some of them) say. Better than canonical xD
Any chance of next versio
> You obviously came back to the Trisquel forum to tell people not to use
Trisquel and to write that the Trisquel team makes "dumb mistakes". If so,
you should not have come back.
You would love to see me leave right? Well, not your birthday baby, so no
cake. And stop making poop everywhere
I have to admit that I feel uncertain about how necessary Hurd is. It's true
we have Linux-Libre, but things could change, and having Hurd could provide a
solution for that. On the other hand, as you know I take security as a big
deal, free software should be secure, so with GNU/Linux becomin
I don't know if anyone has seen this already, but here we have Jacob actually
arguing with Louise Mensch about things related to snowden event, specially
the detainment of Glenn partner at the airport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH4dQZw8SSE
Jacob is a guy who really is making a differen
I never left, I just had to spend time doing other things, which caused me to
be out for a few days. Again, sorry to disapoint you, but I am not leaving,
like you would want me to do.
Also, try looking again, I already tried posting some comments that were not
related to this whole thing. H
I am in a hurry right now, but just wanted to clarify some things.
5 years ago I would agree with you. However, nowadays LInux has been
receiving more and more attacks, and while I think we should try to improve
linux, I also think that moving to Hurd MIGHT prove to be a more wiser
decision
Excuse me, where do you read any hysteria in my comment?? -.^
Also, your webpage was not very clear, please answer me a question: which is
worse in your opinion, the fact that Ubuntu gives you the option of using non
free software to use your computer, or the fact that they used free software
> Perhaps you should re-read your message: "Trisquel would be more
trustworthy if it started to work on top of Debian Stable instead of Ubuntu."
I was not hysteric. Debian is a much more mature project, it has a "free
software only" approach, it favors stability and security above usability a
One of the reasons why I appreciate a project like Debian, who are trying to
work with every available material =)
kfreebsd, hurd, linux, they are trying to use everything, which might prove
to be the best option when we have the need to chose one or the other =)
As of now, I stick with Debian
Hum... I know it's weird for me to be the one who says this, but c'mon guys
calm down... No one here is supportive of hurting people (kids or not) and
certainly some people are more sensitive to this subject than others. Which
is not wrong, because we all have different backgrounds and it's n
Agreed =)
I actually agree with you (we seem to be making progress, lol) about the "try
out" thing. Letting people experience user friendly Linux distros would help
people to realize that they can use a computer without running windows :P
I would maybe suggest Mint, it was the most user friendly distro I
Well, again I have to say this: people bring this on themselves. If the
internet wasn't a place where people have no respect for laws, morals and
principles, maybe these laws wouldn't appear.
SOPA and PIPA and all the other offensive laws they come up with it, are
wrong and I really hope we c
Well, time will tell :P
For now, we actually happen to agree on two different threads, so that's good
enough.
As for piracy... hey, you already use the proper word (:P) so I guess we
could try. Even if I think we both have way too different opinion on this. I
consider that "authorship rights
That means we have to worry about Ubuntu bugs AND trisquel bugs. Need anymore
reason to have Debian as a base? Or maybe even to have the Trisquel team
joining Debian project and incorporate some of Trisquel into it, to make it
better??
I don't see your logic, starting to think that there is
So you think it's better to have ubuntu as a base instead of Debian for
example?
Trying to make a "free software only" OS out of a "non free software only" OS
that comes from a "free software only" OS makes no sense. That is a fact.
Deal with it. Debian would be a better base to work with. Th
Sure, but we can eliminate some of them if we don't use Ubuntu. That's all I
am trying to say.
We better be careful... we are starting to agree too much :P
If there were enough people working on both projects, I would still suggest
for Trisquel to be based on Debian. Because of reasons I have already stated
in the forum, like Debian being more mature project, being above canonical
su
ystem. Maybe it was a problem with my computer. Who
knows? BUT THEY CENSORED ME ANYWAY! And what was worse, if I had not
duplicatted the thread on the main forum, I would never know WHO had done it,
and anyone who would happen to read my thread on the Troll Hole would think
"GNUs
Hey! Not fair! I spend a week out of here and you guys already go on
conspiracy theories without me? =P
LOL
Ok, seriously now, this is the kind of thing that makes me think "free
software only, free software only!". Lol. Even so, and as this is an example
of, free software does not mean tha
I am happy to see that there are people who value privacy =)
However, be careful messing around with the about:config, you might
eventually do more damage than good ;)
I usually suggest TorBrowser for when you want to be private. And add to that
common sense, since a global adversary will hard
Well, I already tried commenting here, but my browser was not obbeying me =(
Hope this time it works.
So, I already had commented here in the forum that when linux grew big enough
to "matter", big enough to have many people using it, probably Linus and
other people would have been contacted in
Hello.
I have noticed that for the last few days NoScript has been giving me a
warning saying "NoScript filtered a potential cross-site scripting (XSS)
attempt from [https://www.youtube.com]. Technical details have been logged to
the console."
Is anyone noticing the same? It has happened t
Ok, now, please, don't take this too seriously. It's a thought that came
along the other day, and maybe it would be fun to discuss here. But let's
keep in mind dating girls (or guys for that matter) is not the main target of
free software ;)
So, let's say you are out with a couple of frien
I would like it to be that simple :P
These days people have forgotten about those simple things like emails and
phone numbers. They think only in terms of facebook and skype. And if you
don't have facebook you are a weirdo -.- just because they can't go snoop
around on your previous dates/re
Yeah, there is a lot of pressure into using certain services. maybe it's
because "everyone uses it" or "it' not really that bad" or even "I don't have
anything to hide". But like jacob appelbaum has said we all have something to
hide or else we would walk around naked ;)
I just think it's a
That is a good idea actually ;)
Doubt that I will find anyone near me in there, but its worth a shot.
Now, it would be really laughable if a girl there would go like "hey I rarely
come here, add me on facebook" xD LOOL
thanks!
Aww, the beautiful 80s and 90s *.*
Sometimes I wish I had lived in those years.
Too bad that if you ask for their address they will most certainly call the
cops to arrest "the stalker" xD ahaha.
I totally agree with you however that those were the things that held more
meaning.
While I have no experience with Replicant, which makes it impossible for me
to help answering the questions made, I would like to point something out:
using replicant does not make it impossible for you to be spied on. It makes
a tiny bit harder, but you can still be spied just the same. The
Now that sir is a lovely idea. I will also let them know HOW to send a
letter (joke, but to be honest many young people never had to write or
receive a letter).
Thanks ;)
PS: That would be me, getting out an old pentium 1 and showing them my old
stuff xD
Now that was a very informative post. Thanks!
Like I have said, in my country there are not a lot of clubs and meetings
like there are in the USA, but I will give a thought about doing a trip.
Oh and for the record, it's not like I am in search for a girl or anything,
the thought just popped
I know what you mean. One of these days I went out without taking my cell
phone ( I am starting to treat my cell phone aas a regular home phone :P) and
when I got back I had a couple of lost calls (parents and a friend). When I
returned the calls and told them that I didn't answer because I w
> The only issue is that the stamp may have been designed with non-free
software, and the postal service may use non-free sorting systems. Hopefully,
they don't have any system to read the letter.
Honestly, I think that is over thinking this. I couldn't care less how they
made the stamp, I
1. Those are not so bad ;)
2. Not my cup of tea, but not so bad themselves.
3. So... they are SonGoku in supersayian form... with boobs is that it?
=P
Well said. I think people these days need to take a look at your past life
(through the net) before they decide if they want to be your friends. Lol
quite a stupid concept if you ask me :P
hey, you convinced two people... you should be happy, that is more than most
of us can actually ;)
Well, first I apologize for not replying sooner. I was without internet for a
few days -.-
Next, i would like to thanks everyone who gave some kind of feedback, and i
would like to say this: this thread was mostly supposed to be fun to begin
with. Not a very serious topic, just a fun thought
To be honest, I understand (now more than before) that there is no real need
to hide EVERYTHING about you. Of course, the kind of spying that you are
mentioning is wrong and I would say criminal. But it's like... a social
network like Diaspora, that apparently respects the users a lot more th
Be careful Andresm, because once you log in to a service using your real IP,
it becomes associated with you, and Tor becomes "useless" after that point.
If you have an account that you want to maintain "anonymous" you should
ALWAYS and ONLY use it through Tor, and never give personal info. Also
Hey guys. I have a question, hopes someone can help me.
Unrar is needed to be able to open rar files, right? Ok, so, you install it
from the repositories and you can read some rar files but not all of them.
That is unrar free, which is free software right? So, my question is what is
the diff
THANKS! =D
I had no idea that simply installing unar wouldn't solve the problem (I had
it installed but using front ends was not working, now I know why, I thought
unar and unrar were pretty much the same). Well, I will try unar command. I
would still like to have a GUI for unar maybe one da
Well, I know I am going to get burned alive for asking this but...
I need a software to encrytp text and files, that works under both windows
and GNU/Linux. It has to be this way, since the person I need to communicate
with only has access to a windows pc. Also, it would be REALLY great if it
Oh and I will need to make thigs look easy... the person in question has no
idea about computer and technology in general :P
I am exagerating of course, but really, it's a very low level tech person.
So, let's have that in mind.
THANKS
Thanks everyone for the suggestions... Unfortunatly I really need something
SIMPLE.
I used to have a software called "furius chypher" that has disappeared
unfortunately. It was a simple window, that you would enter the text, a
passphrase and that was it, it would encrypt everything. I need so
Hey everyone.
Don't get me wrong, I have been a heavy user of Tor and OTR for some time now
in my day to day life. But when it came to smartphone, I used to feel ok with
using CM (replicant was unsupported) and F-Droid repositories. But when I
think of HOW a smartphone works, it seems pretty
I know we should not give up, I am referring specifically to smartphones. Do
we have ANY chance of being protected when using them, or should we really
avoid using "private sensitive" things over the phone and only do so on the
computers (where we have a little bit more control over what happ
I have a saying that goes like this
"Privacy is a right. Anonymity is not. But privacy is dead, so get over it.
The only hope we have left is anonymity."
Since you distrust Tor, what do you do to stay private/anonymous online? You
seem to be very "critic" of governments and companies and such,
I wonder why gnewsense is above trisquel, when Trisquel is developed more
often than gnewsense.
Besides, Debian and Fedora are well positioned and those are also freedom
friendly distros, so I think people are actually noticing how important that
is. I understand why Mint is number 1, I used
I will try to give you a more complete reply when I can, but for now, let me
clarify one thing: I don't (particularly) worry about someone who I don't
know and doesn't know me, having access to "which websites I visit". I worry
(particularly) about a person who wants to "discredit" me at work
While I am happy that there is a new free software in the neighborhood, I
have to ask... what is the point exactly? Does it turn a e-book reader into a
"tablet" running debian? I am sorry, but the informations were a little
confusing in that forum.
Also, what is the hardware on that ebook rea
Hey there.
Any chance you have a link with ALL the information, kinda like a documentary
or something..? Something easier to research, to get a better picture of what
it is.
Thanks
I don't think it's a hoverhyped thing. I think is an underhyped thing when
people say "shrug I will get one anyway, I don't care they spy on me".
I hope running a FLOSS rom (Cm and Replicant) is enough to protect a little
bit more... But as I have said in another thread, I don't trust my phone
Thanks for the reply. I know that the main interest is to get rid of the
proprietary software, but in the end it's a good thing that you can get a
"tablet" for 40 bucks or so Under normal circumstances a real tablet is
much more expensive and it will require proprietary software to work.
I would have to say that Fernando is actually making sense in some things he
says here in the forum. I don't necessarily agree with everything, for
example he and I have different opinions on the Tor network, but he has
presented some valid points to why he believes in some things. And when I
Thanks guys.
I was under the impression that tablets were still some very expensive
thing... Like 100 and 200 bucks a piece.
Not that I am thinking about buying one, but I am happy that free software is
conquering it all :D
One question: are tablets like smartphones, in the sense that even if
Damn =/ that's the world we live in... too bad =/
One question: would it be possible to control what data get sent to LG at the
wireless router? (closing ports or something...?)
One thing I believe should be considered is this: if Debian did not exist
then gnewsense, trisquel, ubuntu, tails, mint, and a lot of other distros,
would probably not exist either. If we read the social contract of debian, we
see they are serious about helping the society to have freedom and
Thanks for the link for the "end of america" video. DAMN :S
That was weird... it was nothing I did not know already (except some of the
examples they gave) but it was scary to see the way things are going.
Hey, do you have any similar information about what is the situation on
europe and asia?
Maybe it's the end of the world that is coming, yes so what? Does that
means you have to go and attack someone who simply shared information? Dude,
relax
why ridiculous?? It seems like a sane thing to do, if you can't buy another
tv and want to use it to watch "private" files, or simply don't want them to
learn your viewing habits.
But thanks for the idea of the firewall =)
Hey guys.
I have recently tried to install MATE and while it feels nice (basically
GNOME 2, which I love), I thought I would get the linux mint menu, which I
didn't. I am referring to the menu that has the searchbox (automatically
picking the right program or file when you type) and the big
Your comment was a reply to my comment which was a reply to Jodiendo
comment... In which he talks about the end of the world (another way to say
end of days). So, my comment was basically saying that maybe jodiendo is
right and the end of days/world is coming but that does not justify is
No if you install Debian in your mother's machine and don't manually add
the non-free repository, she will hardly do so herself, because she will
probably trust the installation procedure her son did. Debian installs
without non-free, it's a choice of the user, the same that exists in
T
For the last time: "the end of days" is an expression that the Bible uses to
refer to "the end of the world" (destruction of everything that exists and
the making of a new universe). Either you believe it or not, Jodiendo WAS
talking about the end of the world. And what I said about freedom s
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