On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 08:54:15PM +0100, e-letter wrote: > Readers, > > For some unknown reason, after installing an extension, the firefox > browser failed to start with the tor network activated. The error log > stated something about a port process being open.
Totally depends what extension you tried to install. Many of them will screw things up (either functionality or privacy). > Anyway, the tor browser directory was > 250 mb, considered excessive > and therefore removed. As alternative, tor is activated from a command > terminal and the existing installation of firefox is used with the > plugin 'foxyproxy' basic. According to the web site > 'whatismyipaddress' the tor network is being successfully used. Tor > is killed at the command terminal using 'ctrl + c'. Feel free, but be aware that you're screwing up most of your privacy properties. Read through https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/ and then https://www.torproject.org/torbutton/en/design/ and then https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowser.git/tree/maint-2.4:/src/current-patches/firefox and ask yourself if you're certain you don't need any of that stuff. As an alternative, you might give TBB 3.0alpha a try: https://blog.torproject.org/category/tags/tbb-30 --Roger -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
