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I'm sorry, it's was not my intention to depress you. Actually, the fact is I what to be able to advocate for Tor to friends and family in the future. Too much?

I'm sorry, it's was not my intention to depress you. Actually, the fact is I what to be able to advocate for Tor to friends and family in the future. Too much? Viable?

mkl 7y ago
You seem to be a bit confused about what Tor and the Tor Browser are. Tor Browser is just a web browser with extra anonymity and tracking avoidance features (in the browser itself, and because it sends traffic through the Tor network). You visit sites you like and avoid sites you don't like, exactly like any other browser. It's not guaranteed to be anonymous: any sites you visit can record and track much of your behaviour there (just like with normal browsers), but third parties can't as easily snoop. Websites with .onion addresses are more resistant to tracking, as your traffic doesn't need to exit the Tor network to get to the destination, but Tor Browser can access most normal sites too. I suggest you just try it. It depends how much your friends and family care about anonymity online, because individual people's browsing behaviour can be unique and trackable - a browser cannot magically hide that. To really be confident of hiding successfully you need to do a lot more, and few people really need to or can be bothered. E.g. I sometimes use the Tor browser at work to check whether local pages are accessible from outside the local network. There I don't care about anonymity, I just want a connection appearing to come from outside.
- Thorrez 7y ago
  > any sites you visit can record and track much of your behaviour there (just like with normal browsers) Tor Browser hides some of your information. For example it hides your IP address (that's the whole point of Tor). There are some other anti-tracking things built in. > Websites with .onion addresses are more resistant to tracking Tracking you or tracking the site? The point of .onion isn't to give the user any more protection, it's to give the website protection. With a .onion site you are unable to find the website's IP address.
  - mkl 7y ago
    >> Websites with .onion addresses are more resistant to tracking > Tracking you or tracking the site? The point of .onion isn't to give the user any more protection, it's to give the website protection. With a .onion site you are unable to find the website's IP address. True, but that's not why the BBC, Facebook, etc. have .onion hosts. I was thinking of the user, since the traffic between a Tor exit node and an open web server is exposed (modulo HTTPS).

I'm sorry, it's was not my intention to depress you. Actually, the fact is I what to be able to advocate for Tor to friends and family in the future. Too much? Viable?

mkl 7y ago

You seem to be a bit confused about what Tor and the Tor Browser are. Tor Browser is just a web browser with extra anonymity and tracking avoidance features (in the browser itself, and because it sends traffic through the Tor network). You visit sites you like and avoid sites you don't like, exactly like any other browser. It's not guaranteed to be anonymous: any sites you visit can record and track much of your behaviour there (just like with normal browsers), but third parties can't as easily snoop. Websites with .onion addresses are more resistant to tracking, as your traffic doesn't need to exit the Tor network to get to the destination, but Tor Browser can access most normal sites too. I suggest you just try it. It depends how much your friends and family care about anonymity online, because individual people's browsing behaviour can be unique and trackable - a browser cannot magically hide that. To really be confident of hiding successfully you need to do a lot more, and few people really need to or can be bothered. E.g. I sometimes use the Tor browser at work to check whether local pages are accessible from outside the local network. There I don't care about anonymity, I just want a connection appearing to come from outside.

Thorrez 7y ago
> any sites you visit can record and track much of your behaviour there (just like with normal browsers) Tor Browser hides some of your information. For example it hides your IP address (that's the whole point of Tor). There are some other anti-tracking things built in. > Websites with .onion addresses are more resistant to tracking Tracking you or tracking the site? The point of .onion isn't to give the user any more protection, it's to give the website protection. With a .onion site you are unable to find the website's IP address.
- mkl 7y ago
  >> Websites with .onion addresses are more resistant to tracking > Tracking you or tracking the site? The point of .onion isn't to give the user any more protection, it's to give the website protection. With a .onion site you are unable to find the website's IP address. True, but that's not why the BBC, Facebook, etc. have .onion hosts. I was thinking of the user, since the traffic between a Tor exit node and an open web server is exposed (modulo HTTPS).