Registration on this forum through tor is prohibited

mmeijeri

hero member

Activity: 714

Merit: 500

Martijn Meijering

Quote from: NewCents on June 29, 2013, 07:33:27 AM

Has Satoshi been banned?? !!

Heheh, no, he just wanted to remain anonymous, therefore he probably used Tor. But since I think he is the one who first registered the bitcoin.org address, I don't understand how he could not have left a trace in the DNS records of the registrar.

B613

newbie

Activity: 7

Merit: 0

I am on Tor, and I wish to stay this way. There are many possible reasons why people wish to cover their tracks.

For instance, their employer may be unhappy that they frequent places where people who leaked and published US confidential materials are celebrated as heroes. For this reason whole US military/intelligence would prefer not to come here or use tor.

Supposedly registration via tor is prohibited to make it difficult for banned people to return. If someone knows how to us tor they know how to use one of 1000+ free or paid proxies. Or how to hire a minimal server and put Apache with open proxy for one night, just long enough before admin bans the client.

NewCents

newbie

Activity: 19

Merit: 0

Has Satoshi been banned?? !!

I found out some interesting things today. If you are banned you can
still login thru tor and, as tor cycles exit nodes you may get
un-banned! Then you have a window of opportunity to post. Hey! It's
not MY algorithm!

I also discovered that the official reason given for this ban is to
prevent banned folks from re-registering under a different IP.
Sheesh...as if that is going to work.

I am banned, yet I post. Voila!

Hey, Boss Admin, you should stop this crap. You are embarrassing
yourself.

codingforbitcoin

newbie

Activity: 3

Merit: 0

Quote from: mmeijeri on June 23, 2013, 06:10:19 AM

Heh, anyone surprised that Satoshi never shows up anymore?

LOL

JDTH

newbie

Activity: 7

Merit: 0

TOR isn't the only way to bypass restrictions like these. I would consider TOR the standard in this kind of industry, like the very basic of a brand. It's good for getting to grips with the idea of anonymity but in order to remain truly anonymous you need to adapt your set up and change your browsing habits. You are as invisible as you make yourself.

Example, TOR is useless if you start logging into Facebook during your browsing sessions. The same way my ISP records would be useless against me if I used fake details, a discard able laptop / device and so on.

Gabi

legendary

Activity: 1148

Merit: 1008

If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat

Quote from: mprep on June 25, 2013, 07:59:56 AM

Quote from: Gabi on June 25, 2013, 07:58:41 AM

Quote from: mprep on June 23, 2013, 05:53:52 AM

Why do you want to register through tor? Do you really have something important to hide?

In some countries it may be illegal to speak of bitcoin so some people have to rely on tor to protect their freedom of expression Wink

Oh. Never thought of that. Could you tell me such country as an example?

There are dozens of countries where dictatorships prohibit freedom of expression. Syria, Iran, North Korea etcetc. If something isn't ok for the dictator then you are in trouble there

mprep

global moderator

Activity: 3766

Merit: 2610

In a world of peaches, don't ask for apple sauce

Quote from: Gabi on June 25, 2013, 07:58:41 AM

Quote from: mprep on June 23, 2013, 05:53:52 AM

Why do you want to register through tor? Do you really have something important to hide?

In some countries it may be illegal to speak of bitcoin so some people have to rely on tor to protect their freedom of expression Wink

Oh. Never thought of that. Could you tell me such country as an example?

Gabi

legendary

Activity: 1148

Merit: 1008

If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat

Quote from: mprep on June 23, 2013, 05:53:52 AM

Why do you want to register through tor? Do you really have something important to hide?

In some countries it may be illegal to speak of bitcoin so some people have to rely on tor to protect their freedom of expression Wink

jackthebeanstalk

newbie

Activity: 52

Merit: 0

There are a lot of ways to remain anonymous when you sign up using using Tor.

Gordon Bleu

sr. member

Activity: 308

Merit: 250

verified ✔

you can use tor without any problems

zackclark70

legendary

Activity: 868

Merit: 1000

ADT developer

i wouold think its to help stop people scaming

hieroglyph

member

Activity: 70

Merit: 10

Hey you learn something new everyday as they say, I'll look into tor asap. Interestingly enough I've been meaning to bump up my privacy on the internet for some semblance of peace of mind.

NewCents

newbie

Activity: 19

Merit: 0

Sure, there are ways around this. I am here, am I not? That's not the point. The point is why are the admins doing this?

And what's this about using tor because I have something to hide? C'mon. Why do you lock your front door when you leave your house? Don't you trust your neighbors?

I use tor routinely for all of my web surfing/browsing. As well as ixquick for searches. I think it's just good policy. I also do not have a facebook account and do not put personal information, including photos of myself, online for just anyone to see. If you do, then I think you are very naive and will get streetwise soon enough. Hopefully, without too much pain.

AquaticBob

newbie

Activity: 7

Merit: 0

Just sign up without Tor and then use the forums with Tor?

mprep

global moderator

Activity: 3766

Merit: 2610

In a world of peaches, don't ask for apple sauce

Quote from: mmeijeri on June 23, 2013, 06:10:19 AM

Heh, anyone surprised that Satoshi never shows up anymore?

Not really...

escrow.ms

legendary

Activity: 1274

Merit: 1004

You can use site on TOR, and do registration too, but some ip's are blacklisted, so keep changing them until it allows you to do registration/login.

mmeijeri

hero member

Activity: 714

Merit: 500

Martijn Meijering

Heh, anyone surprised that Satoshi never shows up anymore?

mprep

global moderator

Activity: 3766

Merit: 2610

In a world of peaches, don't ask for apple sauce

Quote from: e521 on June 23, 2013, 06:07:01 AM

Quote

An Error Has Occurred!
Sorry, you are not allowed to register on this forum.Due to abuse, registration through Tor is not permitted.

Might be because someone started registering thousands of alts through tor just to take down the forum.

e521

full member

Activity: 196

Merit: 100

Quote

An Error Has Occurred!
Sorry, you are not allowed to register on this forum.Due to abuse, registration through Tor is not permitted.

mprep

global moderator

Activity: 3766

Merit: 2610

In a world of peaches, don't ask for apple sauce

Why do you want to register through tor? Do you really have something important to hide?

Topic: Registration on this forum through tor is prohibited (Read 1241 times)