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> there's absolutely no protection against malware (or anything else, for that matter) reaching the Internet directly, and so bypassing Tor. This is where some
by thinkmassive 7y ago
> there's absolutely no protection against malware (or anything else, for that matter) reaching the Internet directly, and so bypassing Tor.
This is where something like Whonix[1] is helpful. You’re right that torproject.org doesn’t mention this issue much at all with regard to Tor Browser usage. On the other hand, the warnings are fairly obvious in the TorifyHOWTO[2] section.
[1] https://www.whonix.org/ https://www.whonix.org/
[2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWT...
- mirimir 7y agoYes, I should have mentioned Whonix. It's the only sane way to use Tor. And about the TorifyHOWTO, the dumbed-down website redesign has made that stuff even harder to find than it was before.