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  1. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 03:01:40 UTC Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    It drives me crazy when sites block access via #Tor to read-only resources (like articles)---it doesn't make much sense to me. It's probably a quick decision by a team of people that don't really care or think about it, but it has strong effects that in the best case discourage use of an important privacy/anonymity tool, and in the worst case outright prevent certain users from accessing those resources (if Tor is their only option).

    A common workaround I use is to prepend "https://web.archive.org/" to the URL to load it in the #WaybackMachine from the Internet Archive. Sometimes websites block even that.

    The Internet Archive does great, important work, btw. Here's a recent article that emphasizes some of the major problems they're solving:

    https://blog.archive.org/2018/10/01/more-than-9-million-broken-links-on-wikipedia-are-now-rescued/
    Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 03:01:40 UTC from web permalink
  2. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2018 09:18:40 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    • Christmas Personified as a Catgirl
    • Maltimore
    • Wolf480pl
    @maltimore @moonman @Wolf480pl Not an option. I spend most of my time logging in from #hotel_Wi-Fi, so #VPN and #Tor are essential.
    Wednesday, 19-Sep-2018 09:18:40 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
  3. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Sep-2018 09:24:57 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    • Christmas Personified as a Catgirl
    • Wolf480pl
    @wolf480pl @moonman Ah, but AFAIK, #Cloudflare is still hostile to #Tor and #VPN, Using either will throw so many CAPTCHAs at people that they'll just avoid the CF-fronted site.
    Tuesday, 18-Sep-2018 09:24:57 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
  4. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 02:10:58 UTC Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    This article is popular right now on HN:

    https://pxlnv.com/blog/bullshit-web/

    It's something that many of us have been saying for many years. But I've been largely insulated from it: I have blocked all scripts and ads (for privacy and security reasons, but also because most sites serve proprietary JavaScript code) for years. If it weren't for my research (https://mikegerwitz.com/talks), I wouldn't have realized just how bad it has become.

    I've also run all my browsing through #Tor for years. And what this article reminds me of (but does not mention; this is unrelated) is how Tor used to be so painfully slow---worse than dialup. It has improved drastically over the years, but by design, it's always going to be slower than directly connecting to a webserver.

    But despite that, websites often finish loading for me much faster than those who use the "normal" web over a normal connection, because it's not loading so much shit. That also allows me to stick to <256MiB of data per month on my mobile plan, despite browsing sites linked to on HN and despite the extra packets from Tor itself. (Btw, text.npr.org is great, for those who didn't know of it.)

    The very things that got me downvoted into oblivion on HN years ago are now the popular, obvious things. Why do things have to get so _bad_ before most people begin to care?
    Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 02:10:58 UTC from web permalink
  5. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 10:45:59 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    • Bricky
    @thatbrickster Pre-blocked? Or magically vetted and approved? #CloudFlare and #Tor are not known to be close companions.
    Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 10:45:59 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
  6. Kei Kebreau (kkebreau)'s status on Sunday, 06-May-2018 16:04:37 UTC Kei Kebreau Kei Kebreau
    Though I don't know about the security implications, it's possible to run a static web server on #Android as a #Tor hidden service!
    Sunday, 06-May-2018 16:04:37 UTC from quitter.se permalink
  7. Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (kzimmermann)'s status on Thursday, 22-Feb-2018 13:55:41 UTC Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann
    • Hattie Cat
    @hattiecat Well pointed. Piggyback on #Tor to deliver messages anonymously, turning yourself into a temporary Tor node in the meantime
    Thursday, 22-Feb-2018 13:55:41 UTC from quitter.se permalink
  8. utzer (utzer)'s status on Friday, 16-Feb-2018 22:46:33 UTC utzer utzer
    Can anyone tell me where #Orbot stores the keys and hidden service files?
    #tor
    Friday, 16-Feb-2018 22:46:33 UTC from social.yl.ms permalink
  9. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2018 21:18:41 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    • lewd Newell
    @1iceloops123 For obvious reasons, I do not keep up on the happenings on #DailyStormer. What happened between them and #Tor? Have they investigated using eepsites ( #I2P ) and #Dat?
    Thursday, 25-Jan-2018 21:18:41 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
  10. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jan-2018 18:56:11 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    • Freedombone Home Server
    • Bob Mottram
    • rocky1138
    @rocky1138 I think that would have to be answered by someone who lives in #Canada, especially someone in the Province of Ontario.

    However, !freedombone does not have to be configured as a #Tor exit ( @bob, correct me if I'm wrong. ) or even as a hidden service.
    Sunday, 14-Jan-2018 18:56:11 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
  11. Nic Seltzer (nicseltzer)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 01:49:48 UTC Nic Seltzer Nic Seltzer

    Reminder: You should be using your upload bandwidth. If you're not, now's the time to do so. Seed some (legal) torrents, rock an IPFS node, give Tor some love.

    http://linuxtracker.org/
    https://ipfs.io/#why
    https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en#whyweneedtor

    #tor #ipfs #dht #torrent #seeder #upload #isp

    Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 01:49:48 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  12. Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (kzimmermann)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2017 06:29:29 UTC Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann
    • digital
    @digital I think the network admin actively blocked my machine from accessing #Tor and other stuff. Not even bridges helped
    Friday, 29-Dec-2017 06:29:29 UTC from quitter.se permalink
  13. Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann (kzimmermann)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2017 07:25:10 UTC Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann
    Can't #Tor, can't even post on quitter as long as I'm in this wi-fi. #macchanger, I choose you.
    Thursday, 28-Dec-2017 07:25:10 UTC from quitter.se permalink
  14. Tor Project (torproject)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 15:02:39 UTC Tor Project Tor Project
    Tor 0.3.2.8-rc is released, with important updates for relays #torproject #tor #security https://blog.torproject.org/tor-0328-rc-released-important-updates-relays
    Friday, 22-Dec-2017 15:02:39 UTC from social.undernet.uy permalink
  15. Tor Project (torproject)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 14:35:03 UTC Tor Project Tor Project
    New Program Turns Librarians into Privacy Advocates #torproject #tor #security https://blog.torproject.org/new-program-turns-librarians-privacy-advocates
    Friday, 22-Dec-2017 14:35:03 UTC from social.undernet.uy permalink
  16. Tor Project (torproject)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2017 20:13:47 UTC Tor Project Tor Project
    Tor 0.3.2.8-rc is released, with impotant updates for relays #torproject #tor #security https://blog.torproject.org/tor-0328-rc-released-impotant-updates-relays
    Thursday, 21-Dec-2017 20:13:47 UTC from social.undernet.uy permalink
  17. Tor Project (torproject)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2017 16:47:14 UTC Tor Project Tor Project
    We Made Big Improvements to Searching for Relays #torproject #tor #security https://blog.torproject.org/we-made-big-improvements-searching-relays
    Thursday, 21-Dec-2017 16:47:14 UTC from social.undernet.uy permalink
  18. Tor Project (torproject)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2017 16:03:38 UTC Tor Project Tor Project
    Tor Browser 7.5a10 is released #torproject #tor #security https://blog.torproject.org/tor-browser-75a10-released
    Thursday, 21-Dec-2017 16:03:38 UTC from social.undernet.uy permalink
  19. CogLib (timleary)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2017 15:22:43 UTC CogLib CogLib
    • Privacy
    • Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann
    • digital
    @digital @kzimmermann For !privacy also consider ungoogled-chromium in a #firejail w/ #tor net namespace & the plugin that flags CloudFlare.
    Saturday, 16-Dec-2017 15:22:43 UTC from quitter.se permalink
  20. CogLib (timleary)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2017 15:16:38 UTC CogLib CogLib
    • Privacy
    • Klaus Jónsson Zimmermann
    • CogLib
    @kzimmermann IMO a good browser for !privacy is ungoogled-chromium in a #firejail w/ #tor net namespace & the plugin that flags CloudFlare.
    Saturday, 16-Dec-2017 15:16:38 UTC from quitter.se permalink
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