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Unblocking YouTube videos is the first thing I tried. It works but it is very slow, so I still prefer to use Tor for that (I can usually download between 500 an
by p4bl0 12y ago
Unblocking YouTube videos is the first thing I tried. It works but it is very slow, so I still prefer to use Tor for that (I can usually download between 500 and 700 kbps using torsock + youtube-dl).
- ForHackernews 12y agoUgh, that's really kind of abusive of the Tor network. There's very limited bandwidth, and it would be more polite for you to not use it just to watch Youtube clips. There are all sorts of inexpensive VPN services you can use (e.g. https://www.witopia.net/ https://www.witopia.net/) to circumvent region blocks. Tor should only be used in situations where strict anonymity is crucial.
- dewey 12y ago> Tor should only be used in situations where strict anonymity is crucial. If Tor would only be used in situations like this it wouldn't be that anonymous. Maybe it shouldn't be used for Youtube streaming or torrenting but using it for regular internet browsing is a good idea to keep the usage of Tor as diverse as possible, creating a bigger crowd to obfuscate the people who really need Tor for a crucial task.
- p4bl0 12y agoJust to reassure you, I very rarely do that (and I don't use Tor just for this purpose). If it was something that I did regularly, I would of course pay for a VPN or even a small VPS somewhere where videos blocked in France are most often not. FYI, I have two computers running Tor nodes with a close to 100% uptime, and I regularly give to an association running big Tor exit nodes :-).
- ForHackernews 12y agoFair enough, sorry if that came off harsh. If you're actually contributing to running exit nodes, then you're more justified in using Tor to watch videos.