#Tor
8 Base Ransomware Victim: SUD TRADING COMPANY - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/8base-ransomware-victim-sud-trading-company/
8 Base Ransomware Victim: WEBBER RESTAURANT GROUP - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/8base-ransomware-victim-webber-restaurant-group/
En #CulturaLibre te mostramos como compartir archivos de manera facil, rapida y segura gracias a la red #tor con #TorProjet y #OnionShare
Miralo en:
https://culturalibre.ar/2023/09/25/hostear-compartir-y-recibir-archivos-en-la-red-tor/
Por más #culturalibre para todos!

#DEFCON
A must read:
#Veilid: A secure #p2p network for apps that flips off the #surveillance economy
‘It’s like #Tor and #IPFS had sex and produced this thing’
"The system means there's no IP address, no tracking, no data collection..."
https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/12/veilid_privacy_data/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: altmanplants[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-altmanplants-com/
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Likes/Interests: #Programming #Technology #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #Fediverse #OnlineFreedom #Privacy #Anonymity #Anonymous #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #Manjaro #Linux #Science #Socialism #HumanRights #SocialJustice #MultipolarWorld #Programming #Python #Golang #Rust #RetroGaming #Gaming #SelfHosted #TechNews #Matrix #Youtube #Movies #Anime #Hentai #Erotica #Futurology #AI #Singularity #Fitness #Health #Collapse #ClimateCrisis #Audiobooks #Books #Fantasy #SciFi #StarWars #Fanfiction #Conspiracy #CriticalThinking #Cooking #DataHoarding #Piracy #FileSharing #Meshnet #Decentralized #Distributed #P2P #PeerToPeer #IPFS #Zeronet #Freenet #I2P #Tor
Dislikes/Disinterests: #Music #Memes #Sports #Coffee #Animals #Cats #Dogs #Nazis #CIA #NATO #UsEmpire #Oligarchy #Plutocracy #Kleptocracy #Imperialism #Fascism #Racism #Capitalism #Billionaires #Woke #Wokeism #Liberals #Democrats #Republicans #Conservatives #BigTech #ClosedSource #Microsoft #Discord #Copyright #Censorship #WesternMedia #MaintreamNews #OfficialPropaganda #Surveillance #PoliticalCorrectness #SurveillanceCapitalism #DRM #DataMining #FakeNews #Misinformation #Disinformation #EchoChamber #FilterBubble #CorporateMedia #Consumerism #Materialism #Overconsumption #PlannedObsolescence #FastFashion #Waste #EnvironmentalDegradation #Gentrification #Inequality #Neoliberalism #Globalization #FantasyFootball #Apple #Tech #BoardGames #TTRPG #DnD
Best to worst: #fopnu #nicotine+ ( #soulseek ) #aMule ( #edonkey2000 #ed2k ) #EiskaltDC++ ( #dcpp ) #gnutella #Shareaza #qBittorrent ( #BitTorrent #torrent )
Permanence autodéfense numérique
https://agenda.collectifs.net/events/62b1117e-331c-49e3-ad1a-c73a0630b3c9

8 Base Ransomware Victim: Springer Eubank - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/8base-ransomware-victim-springer-eubank/
8 Base Ransomware Victim: J[.]T[.] Cullen Co[.], Inc[.] - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/8base-ransomware-victim-j-t-cullen-co-inc/
@marzlberger Sagen wir mal rein hypothetisch ich *will* illegale Geschäfte organisieren und verwende dafür beispielsweise einen der vielen opensource #XMPP Clients mit #OMEMO. Eventuell noch mit Transport via #Tor. Wie genau hindert mich das neue Gesetz daran?
Denke ich da zu kurz, oder ist das Fazit, nicht nur massiver Grundrechtseingriff sondern dazu noch völlig untauglich für den behaupteten Zweck?
@dalfen yeah...
We're ruled by #TechIlliterates that got voted by #TechIlliterate Voters that all think @torproject's #Tor network is illegal and that there are no legitimate applications to use #TorBrowser for...
OFC they don't care about the fact that these things are obviously not true and they'll go out of their way to neither listen to accept any #Counterspeech or true #info that doesn't reinforce their bs bias.
Seriously, it's sickening and tiring me hard...
@dalfen @torproject There's a reason I use #TorBrowser as my default with very, very few exceptions being allowed in my @mozilla #Firefox...
Everyone who blocks #Tor gets shamed, because there is no legitimate reason to do so!
In den 40er Jahren zerplatzte in #Brasilien bei einem #Elfmeter der Ball in 2 Hälften. Eine flog ins #Tor, die andere nicht. Der Schiedsrichter war ratlos. Schließlich gab er ein halbes Tor. Das Spiel endete 0,5 : 0!

Une mise à jour de sécurité urgente vient d’être envoyée aux utilisateurs du navigateur Tor, quelques jours après la sortie de la version 12.5.3.
Le nouveau Tor Browser 12.5.4 est disponible pour Linux, Windows et macOS, mais aussi en version Android.
Tor est un réseau décentralisé permettant d’anonymiser l’origine des connexions.
Le projet Tor développe un navigateur Web basé sur Firefox. Il s’agit de Tor Browser, un logiciel libre sous licence BSD révisée.

Une mise à jour de sécurité urgente vient d’être envoyée aux utilisateurs du navigateur Tor, quelques jours après la sortie de la version 12.5.3.
Le nouveau Tor Browser 12.5.4 est disponible pour Linux, Windows et macOS, mais aussi en version Android.
Tor est un réseau décentralisé permettant d’anonymiser l’origine des connexions.
Le projet Tor développe un navigateur Web basé sur Firefox. Il s’agit de Tor Browser, un logiciel libre sous licence BSD révisée.

soo siickk
"#Quiet is an alternative to team chat apps like #Slack, #Discord, and #Element that does not require trusting a central server or running one's own. In Quiet, all data syncs directly between a team's devices over #Tor with no server required."
vastly superior to Slack, Discord, #Matrix, and #XMPP
e2ee is built in since it's using Tor onion services

Blogpost: Update September 2023
- "KI"-Überwachung in #Hamburg
- Artikel10 geht zelten
- Chatkontrolle in der EU
Medusa Locker Ransomware Victim: Philippine Health Insurance - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/medusalocker-ransomware-victim-philippine-health-insurance/
Medusa Locker Ransomware Victim: Franktronics, Inc - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/medusalocker-ransomware-victim-franktronics-inc/
Akira Ransomware Victim: CLX Logistics - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/akira-ransomware-victim-clx-logistics/
#Akira, #darkweb, #databreach, #ransomware, #threatintel, #tor
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: pelmorex[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-pelmorex-com/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: precisionpractice[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-precisionpractice-com/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: marshallindtech[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-marshallindtech-com/
8 Base Ransomware Victim: The Envelope Works Ltd - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/8base-ransomware-victim-the-envelope-works-ltd/
8 Base Ransomware Victim: FabricATE Engineering - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/8base-ransomware-victim-fabricate-engineering/
We are looking for a PM for projects on community, applications and UX. Feel free to ask me anything about this position and come to work with us https://torproject.org/about/jobs/project-manager/ #tor #technology #freesoftware
On Wednesday, I went from Copenhagen to Malmö to meet with my colleagues Georg and @ggus to look into upcoming #tor work.
While on the train, I managed to get Tor to build against Google's BoringSSL library as its TLS implementation. This gave me access to the post-quantum X25519Kyber768Draft00 (0x6399) key agreement for Tor's TLS layer.
I got it to work well enough to run a small "vanilla" bridge on my local laptop and connect to it using the new PQ TLS handshake from a Tor bridge client.

#DailyBloggingChallenge (58/100)
Account #isolation #security (continues)
Account isolation doesn’t just have to be on the device level, but can also be done on the software level like the #browser.
The benefit of using multiple browsers is that #cookies cannot cross browsers: making the pesky #trackers be browser bound and making browser fingerprinting harder to achieve. This will give oneself an edge on personal data protection.
Some browsers have the option to use containers, though it can feel like the overview is quickly lost and potentially it could be a bigger strain on the device.
Browser suggestions:
#Firefox
#LibreWolf
#DuckDuckGo
#Tor
#Safari
#Vanadium
#Brave
#Edge
#Chrome
One should choose the browser dependent on the login credentials one will be using. For example if one will be using Google services like #Gmail or #YouTube, then the obvious choice is Chrome.
#infosec #DataPrivacy #BrowserFingerprinting #DataProtection
Und Dr. Günter Krings (CDU) ist natürlich ganz klar dafür!!1!1 Aber auch #TOR und generell HTTPS brauch man nicht! Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Krings#Verschl%C3%BCsselte_Internetverbindung

LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: clearcreek[.]org - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-clearcreek-org/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: milbermakris[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-milbermakris-com/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: carthagehospital[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-carthagehospital-com/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: pelicanwoodcliff[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-pelicanwoodcliff-com/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: sinloc[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-sinloc-com/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: tuvsud[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-tuvsud-com/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: perfectlaw[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-perfectlaw-com/
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: beamconstruction[.]com - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/lockbit-3-0-ransomware-victim-beamconstruction-com/
CACTUS Ransomware Victim: www[.]dmcivil[.]com[.]au - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/cactus-ransomware-victim-www-dmcivil-com-au/
BianLian Ransomware Victim: Road Safety - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/bianlian-ransomware-victim-road-safety/
#BianLian, #darkweb, #databreach, #ransomware, #threatintel, #tor
BianLian Ransomware Victim: Smartfren Telecom - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/bianlian-ransomware-victim-smartfren-telecom/
#BianLian, #darkweb, #databreach, #ransomware, #threatintel, #tor
Sometimes I am contemplating if the use of ChaCha20 would be a good replacement for AES-128-CTR in the #Tor protocol.
+ A native stream cipher
+ 256-bit key (important when considering PQ-Crypto)
+ Better performance software-wise
- Limited to 256GB (not impossible to reach)
- Less audited than AES
How to use the #Tor Browser!
https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=yveTy-mf3u8
We all have a right to #privacy, which you can exercise today by #encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.
List of tech hashtags. View the content *you* want to when you want to
Bookmark this post for easy access to these tags without cluttering your home feed from following the hashtags directly.
Device/os/browser
#chromebook #chromeos #chrome #googlechrome
#android
#windows
#windows11 #windows10
#iphone #ios #mac #macos
#safari #midori #firefox #brave #vivaldi #tor #waterfox
Social media
#mastodon #fediverse #meta #facebook #discord #instagram #bluesky #threads #twitter
Internet law related
#section230 #netneutrality #coppa #freespeech #firstamendment #ftc #copyright #piracy
video sites
#youtube #peertube #plutotv #tubi #hoopla #hoopladigital
18.5.2022 avattu suomenkielinen huumausaineiden myyntisivusto Piilopuoti on suljettu Suomen Tullin toimesta.
#Tulli #Tor #Torverkko #piilopuoti #huumekauppa
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2023/09/20/suomen-tulli-sulki-piilopuodin-verkkopalvelimen
Have my secondary, two CPU computer running Einstein@Home #BOINC & #Tor again. ⚮⚮⚮Realized that my grey gravel landscaping isn't going to be Zen on its own what with the trees. My keeping it clear is Zen, so to speak. ⚮⚮⚮Remarked to my mother, who has continuous trouble with her computer, if she remembered they only appeared in science fiction films. She responded that computers were big, and that THEY ONLY DID ONE THING
#OldIron
on sep 7 I installed #xubuntu 23.10 on a friend's rusty old mac. showed some apps, we tried #kdeconnect with my #phone, using the remote #input feature suddenly the phone's pointer moves, taps and scrolls. I rebooted my #android and unpaired from the laptop. what #tools can I use to #diagnose my #free machines and network #connections? should I be routing all traffic through #tor? should I use #arch instead of ubuntu? is #canonical still in bed with #amazon? what does #stallman use? #linux #foss
From @torproject: #tor stable release 0.4.7.15 and 0.4.8.6
"We are today releasing both 0.4.7.15 and 0.4.8.6 with an important fix for onion services regarding congestion control and its reliability. We strongly encourage all onion service operators to upgrade as soon as possible to the latest stable that is the 0.4.8.x series.
We also address the issue with the annoying “compression bomb” log message that some relay operators have been noticing a lot lately.
Important to remember that we are expecting to end of life the 0.4.7.x series in a couple of months (likely around November) after the majority of the network has migrated and Tor Browser stable no longer ships it. That being said, please upgrade to the 0.4.8.x latest stable as soon as you can."
From forum post: https://forum.torproject.org/t/stable-release-0-4-7-15-and-0-4-8-6/9292
0.4.8.x Release notes: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.8/ReleaseNotes
My #BornHack talk about my #Tor implementation in Elixir is now online: https://media.ccc.de/v/bornhack2023-56123-funion-a-tor-client-i
Une mise à jour urgente de Tor est disponible (12.5.4).
Une mise à jour de sécurité urgente vient d’être envoyée aux utilisateurs du navigateur Tor, quelques jours après la sortie de la version 12.5.3.
Tor est un réseau décentralisé permettant d’anonymiser l’origine des connexions.#Tor https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4434
🧅Tor Browser Download Site Inaccessible?
✅ Alternative:
📬 One browser download option: email gettor@torproject.org making subject your operating system bridges (if telegram accessible): https://t.me/tor_bridges
Check country internet #censorship observatory:
#privacy #HumanRights #autonomy #internet #anonymity #privacy #Tor
OnionShare | Share files online anonymously - secure file sharing & Chat :tor: :linux:
The Linux guru Josh "KeepItTechie" Lacy serves a fine easy-to-follow tutorial.
Indeed share files, chat, and even host websites - securely.
OnionShare utilizes the anonymous Tor network. Stay safe & protect your privacy online.
Watch Josh' fresh video right on => https://odysee.com/@KeepItTechie:a/stay-private-online-with-onionshare:0
#OnionShare #Tor #filesharing #anonymous #KeepItTechie #Linux #host #chat #network
Tor Project released #Tor version 0.4.8.6. https://www.torproject.org/download/
#job: Project Manager - Come to work with The #Tor Project
The Tor Project, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization advancing human rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy technologies, is seeking a Project Manager with product experience to help coordinate our Tor Browser (desktop and mobile), UX, and Community teams.
Publié le 29 mai 2010 par bluetouff
Le Sénateur Masson vs l’anonymat des blogs … xptdr … lol 2.0 #proxy #vpn #offshorehosting #tor
Did you know that about 150 million households in the US and EU now have access to reliable, high-speed fiber internet? ⚡️🔥
If you've got bandwidth to spare, you can now set up an unmetered @torproject relay using Pi Relay!
Learn more 👉 https://pirelay.computer
Try it 👉 https://github.com/scidsg/pi-relay
#opensource #nonprofit #privacy #selfhosting #tor #volunteer #foss #anonymous #mutualaid #censorship #internetfreedom #relay #homenetworking
@7331 @torproject not to mention #DDoS over #Tor is lusy in comparison to #NTP-AMP-DDoS or just using a #Botnet instead.
It's not as if #Blackholing exist...
Torified Open Web🧅
List of some useful links, news sites, and open web search engines that also provide .Onion service access through Tor :tor:. Each searx site varies on their up time, so it pays to visit the 🗂️SearXNG Index to find alternatives.
📌List of torified fedi instances
📌List of useful torified sites
⸻Links🔖⸻
🗃️Archive.Today〰️→🧅archivei…
💻DEFCON Forums→🧅ezdhgsy…
💻DEFCON Home〰️→🧅g7ejphhu…
💻DEFCON Media〰️→🧅m6rqq6k…
🔐Key.OpenPGP.org→🧅zkaan2x…
🔖Reddit.com〰️〰️→🧅redditorj…★
📚zLibrary Articles→🧅articles2…
📚zLibrary Books→🧅bookszlib…
⸻News🗞️⸻
🗞️BBC News〰️〰️→🧅bbcnewsd…★
🗞️DeutscheWelle→🧅dwnewsg…★
🗞️ProPublica〰️〰️→🧅p53lf57…
🗞️The Guardian〰️→🧅guardian2…★
⸻Search🔍⸻
🗂️SearXNG Index→🧅searxspb…
🔍divided-by-zero→🧅f4qfqajs…
🔍nicfab.eu〰️〰️→🧅lgmekfn…★
🔍northboot.xyz→🧅4n53nafyi…
🔍ononoki.org〰️→🧅searchvrz…
🔍priv.au〰️〰️〰️→🧅privateoz…
🔍prvcy.eu〰️〰️→🧅rq2w52k…
🔍sapti.me〰️〰️→🧅gbat2pb…
🔍stinpriza.org→🧅z5vawdo…
🔍thefloatinglab→🧅iziatwmt…
🔍tiekoetter〰️〰️→🧅searx3ao…
⸻
(★ = Supports HTTPS-over-Onion)
🐈🥗
#TorProject #OnionService #OnionServices #Tor #Onion #Privacy #CatSalad

Torified Fedi Links🧅
List of fediverse instances that also provide access through .Onion servers using Tor Hidden Services. I will add more as I find them... Well, most of them anyway.
📌List of torified fedi instances
📌List of useful torified sites
⸻FediTor🔖⸻
⛔Alive.bar〰️〰️〰️→🧅alivebrntm…
💻Defcon.social〰️→🧅zpj4sjt4a…★
💻Ieji.de〰️〰️〰️〰️→🧅iejideks5z…★
💻Infosec.exchange→🧅7jaxqg6…
⛔Kolektiva.social〰️→🧅klktvbm…
⛔Masto.ai〰️〰️〰️→🧅yiynyc2ly…★
💻Mstdn.social〰️→🧅c6usaa6…
💻Octodon.social→🧅octodonic…
⛔Partyon.xyz〰️→🧅partyonl2…
⛔Qdon.space〰️→🧅nqt42rzz5…
💻Slippy.xyz〰️〰️→🧅irvqsc5bb…
💻Vern.cc〰️〰️〰️→🧅ak.vernccv…
💻Wetdry.world〰️→🧅qm7a3tu…
⸻
(★ = Supports HTTPS-over-Onion)
(⛔ = Cloudflared)
🐈🥗
#FediTor #TorProject #OnionService #OnionServices #Fedi #Tor #Onion #Privacy #CatSalad
@categulario He usado #GrapheneOS (cuándo tenía un Pixel), totalmente sin Google. Aún ahora (con un Samsung), todavía uso la mayoría de los apps siguientes.
Mucho como @wurt, usaba...
* DAVx5 para contactos, calendario, y tareas (tenía (y todavía tengo) una cuenta pagada con fastmail.com para alojar CardDAV y CalDAV)
* Las #SimpleMobileTools apps (contactos, calendario, galería, marcar, SMS, tiempo, archivo, etc)
* "Tasks" para tareas
* OsmAnd+ para navegación sin internet
* #SyncThing para transmitir data entre aparatos
* #k9mail para email
* #KeepassDX y #FreeOTPplus para contraseñas
* #Orbot para la red #Tor (con #SignalMessenger)
* #Tusky para mastodon
* #FFupdater para luego descargar #Firefox y otras.
Usaba #FDroid para descargarlas.
Finalmente, descargaba Signal Messenger de su sitio directamente como apk.
Me gustaba la experiencia. En la mayor parte, todo funciona.
Quiet - Private messaging. No servers.
Whether it's for an organization, a community, or a group chat with friends, Quiet lets you control all your data without running your own servers.
--
#noserver #chat #private #messenger #tor #opensource #app #groupchats #p2p #groups #e2ee #e2eencryption
@Pabamiti @Natanox #Threema ist auch nur marginal besser.
ALLE Dienste die #zentralisiert und #SingleVebdir & #SingleProvider sind, sind inhärent unsicher...
Als #Gegenbeispiel kann ich @torproject und @linux nennen:
Wären beide nich #FLOSS und #dezentral, man hätte den Maitainern schon vor Jahren ne Waffe an den Kopf gepresst und diese zur Abschaltung des Netzes (#Tor) und Integration von #Govware (#Linux) gezwungen.
Die Verunmöglichung eines Erfolgs blockierte das.
It was extremely fogy up on the Tor today. Just hints of blue appearing every now and again but you can see from this photograph that visibility was pretty poor.
#glastonbury #glastonburytor #somerset #mist #fog #poppies #tor #sunrise #sunrisephotography
@Natanox @Pabamiti @nomain @netzpolitik_feed @signalapp da nicht #SelfHosting möglich ist UND dank #AGPLv3 kein #ManagedHosting wirtschaftlich möglich ist halte ich das für ne reine Blendtaktik.
Da keine #reproduzierbar|en Builds kann keiner garantieren dass das veröffentlichte auch tatsächlich läuft - schon garnicht in deren #Backend-#Infrastruktur!
Wenn #Signal wirklich was daran läge sicher zu sein wären diese so dezentral wie @torproject / #Tor und #XMPP-#OMEMO bzw. #PGP/MIME als Standards!
Domain fronting — a surprise feature or defect where requests can come in for one host (over TLS) while the request (over HTTP) is for another — enables censorship circumvention in #Tor and obscures traffic by malware used against Ukraine.
Charles Miller shared his research in probing for domain fronting hosts at DEF CON's Crypto and Privacy village #defcon #privacy
Within is a summary of his presentation and a reflection on encrypted SNI, security through intentional design, and the reality that censorship circumvention requires dishonest behavior to succeed.
https://cendyne.dev/posts/2023-09-08-domain-fronting-through-azure-and-cloudflare.html
@Sachse_ohne_e @R001my ich schon bei #Tor bzw. dem Titel!
#20yrsago #Doonesbury references masturbation, America’s editors surrender https://web.archive.org/web/20030907031050/http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/09/05/trudeau/index_np.html
#15yrsago Britain spends more on cops, locks up more people than any other developed nation https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/sep/07/justice.police
#10yrsago 90 percent of #Tor keys can be broken by #NSA: what does it mean? https://memex.craphound.com/2013/09/07/90-percent-of-tor-keys-can-be-broken-by-nsa-what-does-it-mean/
#10yrsago Lego robot that strips #DRM off #Kindle books https://allthingsd.com/20130906/how-a-man-in-austria-used-legos-to-hack-amazons-kindle-e-book-security/
#5yrsago How to: beat Chinese social media image-filtering https://citizenlab.ca/2018/08/cant-picture-this-an-analysis-of-image-filtering-on-wechat-moments/
5/

Thrilled to see the #Tor 0.4.8.x deployment that is currently happening in the network! 🥳
Thanks to all the relay operators who are currently upgrading their relays. This means Conflux will start seeing some use as clients upgrade to the Tor 0.4.8.x series too!
From wikipedia...
> #Tor is not meant to completely solve the issue of anonymity on the web.
Why I choose to use #Chrome instead of #Firefox #browser
and
why I use #Chromebook instead of #linux and #windows
Back in 2016-2022
I road the whole online #privacy, and Linux train wagon.
ranging from
#vpns local #encryption *tying* out #tor and #proxyservers
to
switching away to #Ubuntu into something called #BodhiLinux and changing the desktop manager to a window manager called #openbox and using a separate taskbar called #tint2 and setting it to always load the task bar on start up along with openbox to improve os performance.
1. I'd rather use Chrome anyday then #Firefox despite the privacy benefits, because Firefox just isn't really as optimised and performing as Chrome beause most sites are designed for Chrome.
2. To avoid the social embassment of being a computer geek, when you go out your house and are using Firefox you might think your cool but must normal people will likely be like; 'what's a firefox?' but if you talk about chrome they'l more likely know about it. They'l respect you more, and you go up the social ladder, and not down. Same logic is applied to #linux .
3. I don't use #windows because while it is commonly used, no one actually likes it, or respects it including normal users. It is a laughing stock. while #Chromebook is an os for the most popular browser, while also being rid of ads, supports #android apps, and #Linux apps, and is easy to access and use. #chromeos
these three reasons has helped me to make the decision to stick with #Google Chrome browser and Chromebooks.
Why do I use #mastodon ? because when I use social media online i'm not usually talking with people in real life so to me it doesn't impact my #socialcircle, but at the same time I do learn stuff I other wise wouldn't as likely on other social platforms. So it's worth the #investment of my time.
#hacking #protip: You want to see if your #tor / #vpn / #proxychains setup is working? You want to geolocate your exit IP without solving captchas?
Briefly disable your adblocker. At the top right of your screen it should say: “Hot women from [YOUR EXIT NODE] want to meet you!”
Select your favourite kind of website
#FBI #Tor :tor: #AdBlocker #PayWall ❌
Now with Tor working on the instance I'm day dreaming about supporting i2p. 💭
Has anyone gotten a mastodon instance over i2p yet?
#tor #partyon #torstadon #mastoadmin #i2p #privacy @i2p @torproject
A touch more tweaking and now that beautiful purple ".onion available" button has come to life 😍
More like, torstadon 🥳
Very nearly have the #partyon mastodon instance working over tor. noticed an oversight in the mastodon docs. They don't mention this, but you have to be sure to add the onion address to `env.production` using the `ALTERNATE_DOMAINS` variable.
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/#alternate_domains
@eff has launched the #TOR University Challenge! Run a Tor relay at your college or university, support Internet access for people around the globe, and get a prize as part of the challenge! https://toruniversity.eff.org
Good work on improving access to Onion Services under attack/stress https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-proof-of-work-defense-for-onion-services/ #tor
@mshelton @publicsource @signalapp @freedomofpress
#Signal still ties accounts to phone numbers. For an anonymous tipline I think a #Tor -based approach - like the Washington Post's #SecureDrop - is overall a better choice
In today's edition of "i cannot believe you are making me defend this company", I have some things to say about #tor.
Yes, it is extremely fucked that whoever the hell at tor (i hope just the fundraising dept but the rot is probably a lot deeper) is doing cryptocurrency/web3 crap. There's not enough much to say about it it's so foolish and indicative of how the wrong people are setting the agenda of tech. Yes tor, like many other key pieces of web tech (eg gps, arpanet) was developed by the us military and we should be suspicious of how it orders and controls the way people use the web and connect with each other.
But tor as a technology has been audited and is trusted and used by people from pretty much all political positions and by nation states at (cold) war with the us. The people who developed the encryption algorithms we use to keep any data safe ever were probably fucked too. But like, the science/maths/logic checks out. The company tor being fucked isn't a good reason to stop using tor or reconsider starting. Tor is a technology that lowers the amount of trust you need in the network you're using to browse the internet by encrypting traffic and passing it through a bunch of nodes that don't (can't) trust each other. You can check their source code and many auditors with vastly opposing interest have. Yes it's not perfect and there are ways of extremely resourced actors sometimes lucking out and getting data, but it's hard, and every actor trying that sabotages the efforts of any actor that doesn't want to share data with them (eg china has a third of the "key" and the us has another third and they don't want to collaborate to find out what the data is, because it could for eg be the name of a chinese/american spy and they won't know til after they share). It is the best humanity has been able to come up with for hiding your activity online.
Now let me ask you, though. let's say you're a resourced authoritarian state(s), possibly in cahoots with the tor company, and you want to selectively expose leftist internet activity. Can you think of a better way of doing that than creating an ideological crisis of trust in the technology that best conceals them? Perhaps by creating non-infrastructure-compromising associations with technologies and institutions that are despised almost exclusively by the left, like web3/cryptocurrency? That way, everyone else can keep using the technology that keeps them safe, but leftists essentially unmask themselves because the mask is unethically produced. You don't end up backdooring your tech and getting all your overseas spies killed, you don't have to collaborate with enemy states in ways that require you gambling on whose secrets you're decrypting, you just get the leftists to, on principle and out of uninformed paranoia, decrypt all their own shit by uninistalling or not installing tor and announcing their internet activity to their isp/vpn provider. Genius!
This isn't a just-use-tor post; it's not going to be achievable for everyone and it's not the right solution to every privacy concern (please don't use bittorrent through tor lol, it slows it down for everyone), there ARE much EASIER and more achievable and high priority privacy changes for many people, but I think if you're spreading unfounded suspicion of tor the TECHNOLOGY you are potentially being hoodwinked and definitely endangering people who might otherwise use this tool. This does not mean you shouldn't go after the company or keep an eye out for future security audits, though, because the direction they're taking is really foolish and suspicious.
stopped at the @ddosecrets / #onionshare and @eff tables at #DEFCON #DEFCON31 to donate some cash for some awesome stickers and patches ^_^
What do we make of this @VeilidNetwork thing? What will be its place in the larger scheme of things relative to, say, #Signal, #Tor, #IPFS, #Matrix and the #fediverse? https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/12/veilid_privacy_data/ #Veilid