---------------------------------------- 24 nov. 2021 16:52:25 boyska <[email protected]>:
> Sheridan Thorn: >> Hi there! > > hello! > >> Tails set up at Greenwich time, which used to work just fine. Now "Error >> connecting to Tor" with the one and only viable option for me is to Fix the >> Clock (which doesn't seem like a good idea). > [...] >> 2. Wary about fixing the clock as it identifies my time zone > > thanks for explaining your concern! Fixing the clock is actually *not* a > security problem at all (quite the contrary): those informations are only > used by the system internally, and never sent to anyone else. > >> 3. Issue is persistent and requires manual changes each time I enter Tails. > > Indeed this is a known usability problem. > >> 5. IF I don't use default bridges, the one attempt I tried allowed access. >> Still...not helpful for what I want to do. > > Let me see if I understood correctly: > - if you connect to Tor directly, it works without setting the clock > - if you connect to Tor with default bridges, it will fail. If you fix > the clock, it will then work > - you prefer using default bridges for security reasons > > The choice is yours, but from my security perspective the two options as > being equivalent: you are not hiding that you are using Tor. Default bridges > are only used because sometimes they can evade censorship when a direct > connection wouldn't work. > When you need to hide the fact that you are using Tor, you need to choose the > appropriate option in the "Tor Connection" window. > See https://tails.boum.org/doc/anonymous_internet/tor/#index3h1 > >> What I did: Verified after download - reinstalled twice on new stick (of 3 >> usb sticks, 1 is kingston and the other 2 are sandisk cruzer blade >> I use an att gateway, and did not see adjustments to allow unsafe browsers, >> yet will look again. > > Unfortunately I don't know what an "att gateway" is. Would you mind > explaining? > >> Any suggestions or links for me, please? Alternative safety measures I >> could try out? > > I'm sorry but I'm not sure I got what exactly you are trying to be safe from, > so I don't know how to help you. > > cheers > > -- > boyska > _______________________________________________ > Tails-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected]. A vital issue in Tails' design is anonymity on the net. So trying to set your clock on your *correct* local time is just what you're not supposed to do. Tails never installs *correct local times* —on purpose (see Tails' introduction), giving hackers extra trouble to locate you. This is a principal issue, please think it over. _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
