On 08/27/2013 11:43 AM, Nathan Suchy wrote: > It goes through a guard, middle, and exit node which does not anything > about each other than the next and last hop. It is by far more secure. Its > probably secure enough for anything. Even illegal speech. It should keep > you safe.
Is that a joke? Did you notice Roger Dingledine's comment: "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." Are you claiming that PirateBrowser in fact uses Tor for everything? > On Aug 27, 2013 2:46 AM, "mirimir" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
