I don't know if you've seen this but if you go to www.torproject.org you can download a browser that routes you all over the World and prevents anyone from tracking your internet searches. Just passing it on for anyone who is interested. It's a little slower because it re-routes all your searches so they can't be traced.
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Re: Torproject.org
This is integrated into most modern browsers
internet explorer > click tools, in private browsing
Safari > click safari click private browsing
Opera > right click on the + sign to start a new tab click private browsing.
I'd rather use a browser i trust over one I have never heard of
This is integrated into most modern browsers
internet explorer > click tools, in private browsing
Safari > click safari click private browsing
Opera > right click on the + sign to start a new tab click private browsing.
I'd rather use a browser i trust over one I have never heard of
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cruze5</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is integrated into most modern browsers
internet explorer > click tools, in private browsing
Safari > click safari click private browsing
Opera > right click on the + sign to start a new tab click private browsing.
I'd rather use a browser i trust over one I have never heard of </div></div>
What the OP posted is <span style="text-decoration: underline">completely</span> different from what you posted.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cruze5</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is integrated into most modern browsers
internet explorer > click tools, in private browsing
Safari > click safari click private browsing
Opera > right click on the + sign to start a new tab click private browsing.
I'd rather use a browser i trust over one I have never heard of </div></div>
What the OP posted is <span style="text-decoration: underline">completely</span> different from what you posted.
Re: Torproject.org
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: snipe10</div><div class="ubbcode-body">High Binder, so do you think this is what it says it is? I'm not that tech oriented but it seemed legit to me. I just would like to keep my business, my business,
thanks </div></div>
Yeah, it's possible and if it does what it says it does (I only gave it a quick skim) than it's completely different from the 'private browsing' that you get through Firefox/etc. which really only blocks things like cookies transferring data and the like. I can see a few uses for it but the problem is that your ISP is going to know everything you do both coming and going and as we've seen, ISPs are MORE than happy to hand over everything they can to the watchers and hackers are going to be pulling info right off your puter and sending it to themselves or just decrypting it themselves. So for your average user trying to avoid the G-men and your more advanced hackers a browser like the one we're talking about would really only be helpful in cases where you're on somebody else's network and in that case everything is going to point back to them anyway so who give a fuck. All-in-all it's probably safer but if they really want whatever it is our xfering, they're going to get it.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: snipe10</div><div class="ubbcode-body">High Binder, so do you think this is what it says it is? I'm not that tech oriented but it seemed legit to me. I just would like to keep my business, my business,
thanks </div></div>
Yeah, it's possible and if it does what it says it does (I only gave it a quick skim) than it's completely different from the 'private browsing' that you get through Firefox/etc. which really only blocks things like cookies transferring data and the like. I can see a few uses for it but the problem is that your ISP is going to know everything you do both coming and going and as we've seen, ISPs are MORE than happy to hand over everything they can to the watchers and hackers are going to be pulling info right off your puter and sending it to themselves or just decrypting it themselves. So for your average user trying to avoid the G-men and your more advanced hackers a browser like the one we're talking about would really only be helpful in cases where you're on somebody else's network and in that case everything is going to point back to them anyway so who give a fuck. All-in-all it's probably safer but if they really want whatever it is our xfering, they're going to get it.
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Weird.
Some reason, I think only people doing bad illegal things online would actually need this... ie: Child porn, scamming, hacking, etc.
Weird.
Some reason, I think only people doing bad illegal things online would actually need this... ie: Child porn, scamming, hacking, etc.
Re: Torproject.org
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I can see a few uses for it but the problem is that your ISP is going to know everything you do both coming and going and as we've seen, ISPs are MORE than happy to hand over everything they can to the watchers and hackers are going to be pulling info right off your puter and sending it to themselves or just decrypting it themselves.</div></div>
The ISP could only know the address of first node that you connected to via Tor, and since the content of your browsing is protected via some relatively strong encryption, they won't know what data was exchanged. The information at the other end of the TOR network is not encrypted, but it generally is not possible to link that data back to a given user. Even if your ISP folds to whomever is asking questions about your browsing history and habits, they won't really have anything of use to hand over.
Now, I would not be surprised to learn that certain federal agencies have the ability to defeat this protection, so I would not advocate using Tor for illegal means.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I can see a few uses for it but the problem is that your ISP is going to know everything you do both coming and going and as we've seen, ISPs are MORE than happy to hand over everything they can to the watchers and hackers are going to be pulling info right off your puter and sending it to themselves or just decrypting it themselves.</div></div>
The ISP could only know the address of first node that you connected to via Tor, and since the content of your browsing is protected via some relatively strong encryption, they won't know what data was exchanged. The information at the other end of the TOR network is not encrypted, but it generally is not possible to link that data back to a given user. Even if your ISP folds to whomever is asking questions about your browsing history and habits, they won't really have anything of use to hand over.
Now, I would not be surprised to learn that certain federal agencies have the ability to defeat this protection, so I would not advocate using Tor for illegal means.
Re: Torproject.org
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Eric Bryant</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I can see a few uses for it but the problem is that your ISP is going to know everything you do both coming and going and as we've seen, ISPs are MORE than happy to hand over everything they can to the watchers and hackers are going to be pulling info right off your puter and sending it to themselves or just decrypting it themselves.</div></div>
The ISP could only know the address of first node that you connected to via Tor, and since the content of your browsing is protected via some relatively strong encryption, they won't know what data was exchanged. The information at the other end of the TOR network is not encrypted, but it generally is not possible to link that data back to a given user. Even if your ISP folds to whomever is asking questions about your browsing history and habits, they won't really have anything of use to hand over.
Now, I would not be surprised to learn that certain federal agencies have the ability to defeat this protection, so I would not advocate using Tor for illegal means. </div></div>
If you read the wiki page for the Torproject you'll see that this whole thing has been cracked so everyone from your ISP to a reasonably versed hacker can easily defeat it and like I said above, simply jumping onto somebody elses network is far superior to the idea behind Torproject and much easier anyway.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Eric Bryant</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I can see a few uses for it but the problem is that your ISP is going to know everything you do both coming and going and as we've seen, ISPs are MORE than happy to hand over everything they can to the watchers and hackers are going to be pulling info right off your puter and sending it to themselves or just decrypting it themselves.</div></div>
The ISP could only know the address of first node that you connected to via Tor, and since the content of your browsing is protected via some relatively strong encryption, they won't know what data was exchanged. The information at the other end of the TOR network is not encrypted, but it generally is not possible to link that data back to a given user. Even if your ISP folds to whomever is asking questions about your browsing history and habits, they won't really have anything of use to hand over.
Now, I would not be surprised to learn that certain federal agencies have the ability to defeat this protection, so I would not advocate using Tor for illegal means. </div></div>
If you read the wiki page for the Torproject you'll see that this whole thing has been cracked so everyone from your ISP to a reasonably versed hacker can easily defeat it and like I said above, simply jumping onto somebody elses network is far superior to the idea behind Torproject and much easier anyway.
Re: Torproject.org
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> simply jumping onto somebody elses network is far superior to the idea behind Torproject and much easier anyway. </div></div>
So you sayin my activity can't be tracked using some ones random unsecured wifi in my apartment complex?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> simply jumping onto somebody elses network is far superior to the idea behind Torproject and much easier anyway. </div></div>
So you sayin my activity can't be tracked using some ones random unsecured wifi in my apartment complex?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you read the wiki page for the Torproject you'll see that this whole thing has been cracked so everyone from your ISP to a reasonably versed hacker can easily defeat it and like I said above, simply jumping onto somebody elses network is far superior to the idea behind Torproject and much easier anyway. </div></div>
Here is the entry you speak of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Weaknesses
I don't see where an ISP is likely to exploit those weaknesses in the normal process of monitoring traffic, but perhaps I am wrong.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you read the wiki page for the Torproject you'll see that this whole thing has been cracked so everyone from your ISP to a reasonably versed hacker can easily defeat it and like I said above, simply jumping onto somebody elses network is far superior to the idea behind Torproject and much easier anyway. </div></div>
Here is the entry you speak of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Weaknesses
I don't see where an ISP is likely to exploit those weaknesses in the normal process of monitoring traffic, but perhaps I am wrong.
Re: Torproject.org
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Eric Bryant</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you read the wiki page for the Torproject you'll see that this whole thing has been cracked so everyone from your ISP to a reasonably versed hacker can easily defeat it and like I said above, simply jumping onto somebody elses network is far superior to the idea behind Torproject and much easier anyway. </div></div>
Here is the entry you speak of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Weaknesses
I don't see where an ISP is likely to exploit those weaknesses in the normal process of monitoring traffic, but perhaps I am wrong. </div></div>
If Joe Blow simi-advanced hacker kid can do it, the people at your ISP will be able to do it, and easier because they're already linked in to the circuit so they save a significant step.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Eric Bryant</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you read the wiki page for the Torproject you'll see that this whole thing has been cracked so everyone from your ISP to a reasonably versed hacker can easily defeat it and like I said above, simply jumping onto somebody elses network is far superior to the idea behind Torproject and much easier anyway. </div></div>
Here is the entry you speak of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Weaknesses
I don't see where an ISP is likely to exploit those weaknesses in the normal process of monitoring traffic, but perhaps I am wrong. </div></div>
If Joe Blow simi-advanced hacker kid can do it, the people at your ISP will be able to do it, and easier because they're already linked in to the circuit so they save a significant step.
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