anyone using it? how does the site run ? tempted to try it out to make it a bit harder for the power and money junky called government to spy on my bud porn, lol.
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Tor Browser Bundle
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walt cunningham
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its going to be quiet a bit slower
I haven't been here with anything else. The speed depends on who you're connected to in the Tor circuit, because however slow the site was before, it was faster than Tor. However fast the site is now, it's had no effect for TBB users IME. Tor loads a page without pictures here in a few seconds sometimes.
I try to avoid threads with pictures, or, that's a good time to make coffee. It seems to get faster with more minutes on the site, IDK if this is built in to Tor or it's better connections or what.
I try to avoid threads with pictures, or, that's a good time to make coffee. It seems to get faster with more minutes on the site, IDK if this is built in to Tor or it's better connections or what.
OldSkoolKlein
Active member
What Seismic said. BUT, as another poster mentioned, it can be slow, so it depends on how many people are using TOR at the time.
The big caveat here is 'Your mileage WILL vary'. And if you value your security that much to consider using TOR, use it and just pretend you are on dialup again!
The big caveat here is 'Your mileage WILL vary'. And if you value your security that much to consider using TOR, use it and just pretend you are on dialup again!
if speed is a concern, pay for a vpn/proxy service. a bit slower than mainline but a hell alot faster than tor.
it's one of those problems you get, spammers make accounts daily and post up blatant advertizing, even with the filters some get through. so i guess thats why you can't register with tor.
unless they have banned all TOR ips, just wait for TOR to change yours and try again.
but damn, TOR is so SLOOOOOOOW for me.
just google "anonymous proxy servers". there are lists of free, anonymous proxy servers. find one in a country that is politically against your country and configure it into the network settings on your browser. i usually use a DOS window to ping the IP addy first. if it responds, it will usually work in your browser.
then when you go to a site to check your IP it will appear as if you are initiating your data transmission from that server, in that country.
and since your country and that country are at odds it is highly unlikely that cooperation would occur if LEO were to ask the hosting country for information. of course these days isps are in bed with the govt
anyway, fairly safe and faster than TOR
Looks like all proxy ip's are banned from signing up here. I've tried other ip's on TOR and other proxy programs with different ip's. Can't seem to find any "reacheable" ip's in DOS when i ping it either. They all work fine for browsing, just not signing up. I thought hiding your IP when registering was one of the most important steps.
I figure if spam was a problem, then you should have a number box on the registration page, you know those things where you have to match the letters or number in the box to prevent robot spammers.
I figure if spam was a problem, then you should have a number box on the registration page, you know those things where you have to match the letters or number in the box to prevent robot spammers.
if i'm not mistaken we don't keep any ip logs anyway, so for me it's more about being seen to be on here every day with my real ip if anyone was watching. you only have to sign up once, after that you'd always be on a different ip when browsing here. you could just go to a internet cafe and register your account, then use tor when browsing. or use a free anonymous proxy server to register.
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growcodile
sorry how can that statement be true when ICMAG allows non encrypted HTTP traffic ??
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/freedom-hosting-fbi/
FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack,
Just putting it out there... granted this was regarding child porn... but it is THAT easy for the FBI to identify TOR users.
FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack,
Just putting it out there... granted this was regarding child porn... but it is THAT easy for the FBI to identify TOR users.
I began using Tor after recent events and it works ok...
things I have noticed..
1) I constantly have to log back in just to post...
Skip, do you know why this is? It is annoying to log in every 5 seconds to make a post...
2) multiple tabs does not work well AT ALL
3) as others have said, it is quite a bit slower...
things I have noticed..
1) I constantly have to log back in just to post...
Skip, do you know why this is? It is annoying to log in every 5 seconds to make a post...
2) multiple tabs does not work well AT ALL
3) as others have said, it is quite a bit slower...
FBI Admits Control of Malware-Spewing Tor Servers
by Karl Bode 02:35PM Tuesday Sep 17 2013
Last month a widespread malware attack on the Tor network used a Firefox exploit to send the personal data of Tor users to an IP address in Reston, Virginia. While it was already believed that this IP address belonged to an FBI subcontractor working on the FBI's "computer and internet protocol address verifier" (CIPAV) spyware iniatiative, a new Wired report confirms that the FBI in court has acknowledged they controlled the servers behind that attack on the Tor network.
While the FBI obviously will never specifically admit they then used those servers to launch a malware attack on Tor users, the fact they're behind the attack remains fairly obvious to security researchers:
quoteerhaps the strongest evidence that the attack was a law enforcement or intelligence operation was the limited functionality of the malware.
The heart of the malicious Javascript was a tiny Windows executable hidden in a variable named “Magneto.” A traditional virus would use that executable to download and install a full-featured backdoor, so the hacker could come in later and steal passwords, enlist the computer in a DDoS botnet, and generally do all the other nasty things that happen to a hacked Windows box.
But the Magneto code didn’t download anything. It looked up the victim’s MAC address — a unique hardware identifier for the computer’s network or Wi-Fi card — and the victim’s Windows hostname. Then it sent it to a server in Northern Virginia server, bypassing Tor, to expose the user’s real IP address, coding the transmission as a standard HTTP web request.
That malware attack was part of an FBI investigation into child pornography and Freedom Hosting -- but obviously impacted all Tor users, whether they were engaged in illegal activity or not.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FBI-Admits-Control-of-MalwareSpewing-Tor-Servers-125839
by Karl Bode 02:35PM Tuesday Sep 17 2013
Last month a widespread malware attack on the Tor network used a Firefox exploit to send the personal data of Tor users to an IP address in Reston, Virginia. While it was already believed that this IP address belonged to an FBI subcontractor working on the FBI's "computer and internet protocol address verifier" (CIPAV) spyware iniatiative, a new Wired report confirms that the FBI in court has acknowledged they controlled the servers behind that attack on the Tor network.
While the FBI obviously will never specifically admit they then used those servers to launch a malware attack on Tor users, the fact they're behind the attack remains fairly obvious to security researchers:
quote
erhaps the strongest evidence that the attack was a law enforcement or intelligence operation was the limited functionality of the malware.The heart of the malicious Javascript was a tiny Windows executable hidden in a variable named “Magneto.” A traditional virus would use that executable to download and install a full-featured backdoor, so the hacker could come in later and steal passwords, enlist the computer in a DDoS botnet, and generally do all the other nasty things that happen to a hacked Windows box.
But the Magneto code didn’t download anything. It looked up the victim’s MAC address — a unique hardware identifier for the computer’s network or Wi-Fi card — and the victim’s Windows hostname. Then it sent it to a server in Northern Virginia server, bypassing Tor, to expose the user’s real IP address, coding the transmission as a standard HTTP web request.
That malware attack was part of an FBI investigation into child pornography and Freedom Hosting -- but obviously impacted all Tor users, whether they were engaged in illegal activity or not.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FBI-Admits-Control-of-MalwareSpewing-Tor-Servers-125839
