Blockchain.info and blockchainbdgpzk.onion and TOR - serious issues

BitHodler

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Quote from: bitbunnny on February 13, 2018, 01:44:57 PM

It's kind of strange that they support TOR users but having in mind numerous safety issues I would avoid blockchain.info.

It's not strange. It's just them trying to expand their reach when it comes to different levels of usage. It doesn't necessarily have to do with illegal things, but could also be focused on maintaining a private identity.

Centralized services are more and more subject to regulations, which might even result in them handing over user information to the authorities, which is why people might choose to use TOR when using centralized services.

It's obviously not as safe as when you access whatever service through clear net, but these people choose to walk a different path, and if they accept the risks tied to that, then it's their problem if things go wrong.

bitbunnny

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TOR and web wallets could be a dangerous combination. Web wallets have lower safety features that some other types and loging in from TOR could make some additional issues.
It's kind of strange that they support TOR users but having in mind numerous safety issues I would avoid blockchain.info.

Potato Chips

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I think you can still log in on the clearnet using your current credentials, Have you tried it yet?

I don't know why you prefer using TOR and web wallets but greenaddress should be fine.

Quote from: https://greenaddress.it/en/faq.html

Do you support Tor? Do you have an Onion site?
Yes, our https site supports Tor users. Our mainnet production site is at http://s7a4rvc6425y72d2.onion, and testnet is at http://gu5ke7a2aguwfqhz.onion.

The GreenBits wallet for Android has direct support for Tor to be used with Orbot via SOCKS5 (or any SOCKS5 proxy that understands Tor).

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For other webwallet that i know safe as of now is coinbase which is well known web wallet

Being well know has nothing to do with safety.

That fact that coinbase is completely centralized and doesn't let users access their private keys should be an enough reason to not use it Undecided

crairezx20

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There are other people here are experience the same thing and i think tor doesn't have javascript enable that is why its not loading properly
If you really wanted to use blockchain wallet without having wallet use a normal browser and always make sure that you save the seed phrase anywhere safe in your computer so that you can recover your wallet anytime once you having issue using blockchain..

For other webwallet that i know safe as of now is coinbase which is well known web wallet but if you wanted to use a segwit wallet i recommend electrum wallet because the advantage of using segwit wallet can reduce the size of your transaction and less fee for every transaction. .

johnwwww

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Hey.

Does anyone here also can not log on his/hers online wallet via blockchainbdgpzk.onion for the last week?

Some days ago it was at least possible to log on (if you tried it half a day or so) and very ofter the wallet interface showed 0 BTC's and no archived transactions, but there were times when transactions and wallet balance loaded.

blockchainbdgpzk.onion also redirects you to blockchain.info and then the site recognizes that you use Tor Browser and redirects you to blockchainbdgpzk.onion and the loop continues.

Does the Blockchain.info informed users about this issue? What is the problem here? Can't they just allow TOR users to use the clearnet page?

EDIT:
Can you recommend me some other web wallets (yes, I know the risks about online wallets) that allow TOR?

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