Topic: How to use TOR ? (Read 2583 times)

I have a doubt of using Tor.

When using Tor you got to close all the browsers, Thunderbird, etc? Or can you get all this applications opened at the same time?

Just have to watch your exit nodes, for possible man in the middle attacks.

Average Joe would be crazy to run a tor exit relay node.  All the "bad traffic" would be linking to his IP and potentially cause a legal nightmare.  Running a regular relay node however is supposedly alright.

FROM TorProject

https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html.en

First if you want a real VPN you must pay for it. Free VPN are dodgy.

DO NOT use hidemyass.com (a popular free VPN), they sell information to the NSA.

10 reasons to use a VPN

A tutorial

How and why use a VPN

Yes, this is possible but I assume you want to use tor for anonymity.

In general this is the idea of TOR:

You always want to use encryption, because the actual data going over the line may link to you. And so you do not want to connect in plain text to a web interface, where the web interface connects to TOR. The web interface may contain a backdoor, making you not anonymous.

Instead use tails https://tails.boum.org/  or the tor browser bundle https://www.torproject.org/.

Another option to be anonymous would be to use VPN services. You could get several VPNs and connect one to the other. This is not free however, it is generally much faster;




It depends. The final node know what unencrypted communication (plain text data).
For example if your final node is skype:


You must realize that al though the communication going over the tor network, with skype all data is being recorded, stored and analyzed by microsoft & friends. (Skype contains lots of spyware, you can see it when looking in the data files which you can find in \%AppData%\Skype\   you can open these files simply with notepad. In addition there are the PRISM files leaked; ). If you have a conversation "Lets meet in LA next Tuesday 2pm" they know that, despite you running it over the tor network.  So the final node is very important. Just using tor does not mean you are anonymous, but you are harder to find than using nothing.




TOR servers can be run by anyone. There are groups who want information by any means possible, this includes secret agencies but also others.
Whether this 'means' is technical, psychological, physical or other means.

How to use VPN ?

The risk exist but is very low. If you fear this case you can connect to TOR using a VPN.

That's hard to say if there is any that are or not. I'm sure it's possible and I think it's something they'll try to do if they haven't already. The NSA did actually infiltrate and take over one of the TOR hosting server companies late last year I think though.

I heard some the TOR servers are run by secret agencies of multiple countries... true ?

And... if one encounter a flash file using TOR browser, does not it open up his/her IP ?

Mostly yes. Only the great hacker or the NSA would find you using a backdoor.

For those that do not have admin access to install programs, I think there was a portable version of TOR which was created by ThePirateBay.org guys. It is called 'PirateBrowser'

Download from http://piratebrowser.com/

Hi,
When surfing with TOR is it completly anonimous?
BR,
Gondel

Take the hammer.

At many work places , usb is disabled

just boot from usb with a secured OS Snowden style

Yea getting tor up isn't that hard but you should be careful if you going do it at work and their already security in place.

doesn't the tor bundle include the disable all scrypts option? so you don't need to disbale javascript separatly don't you ?

isn't all these available on TOR? pretty sure they are ....., not saying that TOR is bad in it self, it's the usage, and it is being abused, and CP should be punished severely to deter people from doing so !

I'm so thankful that I've never come across CP on my adventures there. But I have come across gore, and The Line of Blood.

It's hard to bust anything going down there. Those sites have two hundred times more security then Silk Road, or any Blackmarket. Even hearing somebody mention a Line of Blood is pretty scarce.

horrible.  lets make the threat of CP punishable by death.  but the actual crime benign.

go to the tor project, download the tor bundle and start to use. This way simple. Disable Javascript if you really really need to stay anonymous, and depending of what kind of activities you wanna engage, read more privacy guide(you can find some on the Hidden Wiki and around the Internet, including the Tor Project Itself)

child porn is bad.  should be banned.

the other illegal stuff should be legal.

I can't imagine the shit he would be or would have gone trough if he didn't do so right now, Imagine how many people would be tracking him either with good and especially with attention the guy owns hundred of millions if not more in bitcoins

Satoshi used TOR

Sorry, but most of that stuff you said isn't as bad as the rest of the Internet. There's some sites you can't even access Tor with. Down there, below Tor, you find Hardcore CP, hardcore gore, Line of Blood, hard drugs, rare animal trade, poaching, bounty hunters, Assassination Box, Hidden Wiki, banned videos, movies, and books, hardcore rape CP, hardcore snuff CP, group CP, scat, etc.

Trust me. Tor isn't all that bad compared to that.

That is very true about it being used mostly for illegal means, however the same could be said about bitcoins.

I feel like tor is used more of illegal stuff than anything else, drugs weapons, and child porn are prime things happening there, also money laundering, getting hitmans and hackers ..... of course there are people that use it just to protect them self from all the drama happening nowadays and to preserve annonymity but right now I feel it's mostly about illegal stuff...

You can go on Tor for pretty much everything, except some sites do block tor for specific reasons.
Just make sure you have Firefox, then go to https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en and download it.
After that extract to a folder and open it. Then tada it will open within a few seconds and now you're on Tor!
No need for VPN or Proxy because it's Tor obviously, browse safely and make sure to keep away from stupid stuff such as cp, hitmans and shit. I use Tor when I wanna go on my certain emails that only can go on during on Tor or sometimes the hidden wiki just to browse what services they have.
Have fun

only thing you need to use it for is Silk Road and drug related sites.  i think the other ones are illegal (child molestation)

Suppose I am using a normal browser now to access my gmail. When I'll use TOR browser to access the same gmail from the same machine, will mail be able to identify the cookie ?

Snowden approves ^^ if he who worked in the NSA use that and think it's safe then we should as well at least for a while till they found a parade

Why would you want to use IP hider on a TOR browser if It's already anonymous in Itself? Bad side of Tor is that you can't download flashplayer or other programs like that , that are really useful and helpful.

It shows you here how to use Tor :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxWpggGEsqs
also beginner guide to Tor :
http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/a-beginners-guide-to-tor-how-to-navigate-through-the-underground-internet/#!FJUWR

Just download and off to the races you go

It's just a network much like the internet.

Many bad things are hidden in internet. Illegal use of internet is a bog topic for governments and it is only question of time when they look closer to the TOR users... child porn, xenofobie, racism etc....everything bad is mainly looked up via TOR

TOR nodes are run by many organisations and your IP is hidden before many nodes . But any flash plugin can easily track your IP as long as you don't disable Noscript.

I'm sorry if I'm asking too much... but just getting inquisitive.

From the discussion above, what I understand is TOR works in a client server model. We download the client and that connects us to TOR servers which gives us anonymity by hiding our IP. Now my question is, who run these TOR servers ?

Any malicious site can log your passwords. Just don;t use the same ones.

Tor is safe. But are the servers I connect to safe? Can they log my passwords if I use it to post here?

Tails bundle us great and had many other tools for privacy .

Yeah, get the tails version if you want super security and always boot from either the USB or live CD.

TOR is safe to use , you need not worry .

You'll be safe with tor. Get the tails bundle and boot from a usb.

Does it come with any risk of open port that may be listening to some remote malicious service ?

TOR browser bundle has standalone firefox broswer .

How can i keep my bookmarks during the Bundle Update?

Then it doesn't look like you'll be able to use tor.

I dont mean to use .onion sites. I just dont want certain sites to log my public IP, whether I am using them from office or home.



Sorry, CD/DVD drive and USB ports are disabled and to use them we require permission. So cant use from these.

Instal it on a CD-R or USB and try boot it directly from there but maybe you shouldn't be using tor at work.

You mean, to access .onion sites? Use tor2web. Note that this provides no anonymity whatsoever, it merely enables you to access .onion sites without Tor.

Dont we have any website offering this service ? I cant install TOR in my office network. The LAN administrator wont approve.

Easiest way is to download tor browser bundle and use that

You can download TOR browser and use it as normal browser with anonymity. You don't need another VPN  for it .

Sorry for being so noob in this field... but I just want to know ... Can we use TOR using some web interface, e.g. hidemyass.com ?