On 08/26/2013 11:08 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 05:58:22PM -0500, Missouri Anglers wrote: >> I downloaded and installed "PirateBrowser" which is a Firefox >> browser configured to use vidalia/tor. > > Not quite -- it is a bundle that includes a variety of software > including Firefox, Vidalia, and Tor, configured in the way they > wanted to configure it. > > Specifically, don't be confused into thinking this is a Tor product, > or that it will keep you safe in some particular way. > > In fact, they even have a disclaimer saying that it's not an > anonymity tool. And in this case that's not just a disclaimer, it's > an accurate statement.
That's true, but their disclaimer <http://piratebrowser.ca/faq_piratebrowser.html> is still extremely misleading: > Does it make me surf the net anonymously? > > No, Pirate Browser is not intended to be a TOR Browser, while it uses > the Tor network, which is designed for anonymous surfing, this > browser is ONLY intended to circumvent censorship. The Tor network is > used to help route around the censoring / blocking of websites your > government doesn't want you to know about. > > If you are looking for something more secure you may want to try a > VPN like PrivacyIO. They could have at least pointed people at TBB! >> I assume this is simply just a browser set up to use an anonymous >> proxy? > > From what I heard (it's Windows-only so I haven't tried running it > or decompiling it to find out what it is really), it includes > Foxyproxy, configured to only go through Tor for a select set of > sites that are commonly censored. The rest of the sites bypass Tor. That should be clearly stated in the summary under "Search" at the top of <http://piratebrowser.ca/>. What they're doing is totally reckless. >> I am not exactly a beginner when it comes to using anonymous >> proxies. I have been gathering proxy lists, scanning them with >> software to see if they are valid/anonymous and configuring my >> browser to use them for years. However I am no expert. >> >> This Vidalia/Tor has me confused. > > Again, please remember this is somebody else's program, called > Pirate Browser, and not anything made by Tor. Though it does include > tools written by Tor, but tools-written-by-Tor only perform the way > Tor had in mind if you configure them that way. > >> The program loads, connects to the Tor network and everything looks >> and acts well. However when I check my stats at various websites >> that I use such as (http://www.lagado.com/proxy-test) my IP address >> is revealed along with my ISP amd other accurate information. >> >> I also checked https://check.torproject.org/ and it says that it is >> not working. > > That sounds compatible with my Foxyproxy theory above. > > Hope that helps, --Roger > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
