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Is tor browser inside whonix good? Would you recommend a different browser inside of whonix instead?

• tptacek 9y ago
  If you use your browser for more than one site per execution, having your browser process owned up is devastating. Don't use Tor Browser.
  • raarts 9y ago
    What's the better alternative?
• ryanlol 9y ago
  https://medium.com/@thegrugq/tor-and-its-discontents-ef5164845908 https://medium.com/@thegrugq/tor-and-its-discontents-ef51648... You really just want to use Chrome/Chromium.
• Santosh83 9y ago
  It is explicitly warned not to use the Tor Browser under Whonix because the browser starts its own instance of Tor while Whonix already funnels every network request through its gateway Tor and Tor over Tor is supposedly undefined behaviour. So you have to go the additional step of disabling Tor Browser from starting its bundled Tor... Or under Whonix just use any normal browser like Firefox.
  • ryanlol 9y ago
    > any normal browser like Firefox. This is very bad advice. Do not use Firefox. It is not as secure as Chrome.
    • hellbanner 9y ago
      An example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42195095/https-is-secure-in-firefox-but-not-secure-in-chrome https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42195095/https-is-secure...
  • ikeboy 9y ago
    That's not what I see on https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tor_Browser https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tor_Browser It explicitly says "There is no Tor over Tor scenario in the Whonix environment." when using their modified Tor Browser.
    • Santosh83 9y ago
      Thanks. I stand corrected. I didn't realise they supplied their own modified Tor Browser...