Re: [tor-talk] Large search providers banning Tor exists, except for one!

2013-05-04 Thread Simon Brereton
On 4 May 2013 09:40, "Lars Noodén" wrote: > > No need to spam for M$ services. There are better services with less > baggage: > > You can search via Tor at ixquick's Start Page: > > https://startpage.com/do/search > > And DuckDuckGo works as well: > > https://duckduckgo.com/html/

Re: [tor-talk] download speed

2013-04-20 Thread Simon Brereton
On 20 Apr 2013 04:41, "Jlc J" wrote: > > Is it safe to download files using tor? When I download a file my speed is much greater than would be a normal speed under tor, so I think downloads does not obey proxy settings. > (I am Latin and use a translator to write) See d. https://www.tor

Re: [tor-talk] (no subject)

2013-02-24 Thread Simon Brereton
On 24 Feb 2013 10:26, "Chunkylover2007" wrote: > > > Hi joe here again and i dont think my fone is rooted it says that u can use orbot without the fone being rooted so i think thats why i cannot get firefox or ttb but can i root my fone without a computer ? That's beyond the scope of this list.

Re: [tor-talk] (no subject)

2013-02-24 Thread Simon Brereton
On 24 Feb 2013 05:55, "Chunkylover2007" wrote: > > Hi joe here i have been using orbit and the little onion comes on top of my fone and it says powered by the tor project but when i look at the settings it says sorry you are not using tor and i have downloaded everything except i cannot get firefo

Re: [tor-talk] Legal problems: TOR relay & Torrents in .de

2013-02-11 Thread Simon Brereton
If they are going to answer your mail with a proforma reply, just resend it. Recorded delivery is a good idea too. And contact your local Piratpartei. Simon On Monday, February 4, 2013, Hendrik Neumann wrote: > Hey guys, > > have been lurking here for a while, but now I need some advice on h

Re: [tor-talk] Please help w...@lksne.go-plus.net

2012-12-29 Thread Simon Brereton
On Dec 29, 2012 3:10 PM, "W. Alksne" wrote: > > *As I cannot get the Tor Browser to work I wanted to uninstall it BUT nowhere can I find an '_uninstall option_'. > I would appreciate your advice or recommendations . Which operating system? For Linux you just delete the directory you extracted/re

Re: [tor-talk] Orbot blocks internet connection when off wifi (issues when on mobile data network only)

2012-12-21 Thread Simon Brereton
On Dec 21, 2012 8:25 AM, "Pete K" wrote: > > Yes I did confirm in the APN I connect through wap.davewireless.com.Is > there any setting I can configure in so that when I am off WiFi I can still > route my internet data through Orbot? Pete What phone do you have? Try installing the iptables

Re: [tor-talk] check.torproject.org

2012-11-11 Thread Simon Brereton
w&status=reopened&component=Tor+Check&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=type&col=status&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component > > Simon Brereton: >> Can I help? What would you need? >> On Nov 9, 2012 1:55 PM, "Roger Dingledine"

Re: [tor-talk] check.torproject.org

2012-11-09 Thread Simon Brereton
Can I help? What would you need? On Nov 9, 2012 1:55 PM, "Roger Dingledine" wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 01:08:15PM -0500, TorOp wrote: > > Same here, but it just now responded. > > Yes. Apparently it doesn't start on reboot. Also, it's old and buggy. > > We're looking into ways to improve i

Re: [tor-talk] How do I know the number of Tor users nearby?

2012-10-23 Thread Simon Brereton
On Oct 23, 2012 9:55 PM, "k e bera" wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:07:34 +0100 > luis redondo wrote: > > Imagine that I live in a country with heavy political surveillance(which > is not the case) and I am one of a couple of users of Tor there.I'm > > probably at risk.So,how do I know if I am

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: [Orbot] News: Orbot v11 RC1 ready for testing

2012-10-01 Thread Simon Brereton
On Oct 1, 2012 1:25 PM, "Nathan Freitas" wrote: > > On 10/01/2012 06:27 PM, Simon Brereton wrote: > > For some reason, I still get "Error starting transproxy", and then the > > check fails. > > Thanks for the quick feedback, Simon. Which device/OS are y

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: [Orbot] News: Orbot v11 RC1 ready for testing

2012-10-01 Thread Simon Brereton
On Oct 1, 2012 6:10 AM, "Nathan Freitas" wrote: > > > > > Original Message > From: d...@guardianproject.info > Sent: Mon Oct 01 13:25:05 IST 2012 > Subject: [Orbot] News: Orbot v11 RC1 ready for testing > > > Orbot v11 RC1 ready for testing > https://dev.guardianproject.info/news

Re: [tor-talk] How dangerous are DNS leak?

2012-09-18 Thread Simon Brereton
On Sep 18, 2012 11:26 AM, "Gregory Maxwell" wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Paul Syverson > wrote: > > Logic persnickitiness: 'IFF' is not a more emphatic version of 'if'. > > I meant if and only if, thank you very much. > I grouped my clauses poorly indeed. It is dangerous if and o

[tor-talk] Orbit and transparent proxy rules

2012-08-16 Thread Simon Brereton
Hi I installed Orbit and went through the wizard and followed the recommendations (i.e. to let it proxy everything since I don't know what I'm doing). I had it set to start on boot, but I turned that off because it doesn't seem to work. In essence, I get a warning stating: WARNING: error startin

Re: [tor-talk] Advices for a Newbie

2012-07-29 Thread Simon Brereton
With all due respect, I run linux on all my machines. I have set up and administer a LAMP server. I have picked up a lot of security knowledge. I don't think of myself as below average intelligence. I still understand almost nothing about tor - other than the general concept about routing the p

Re: [tor-talk] 4G/LTE

2012-04-09 Thread Simon Brereton
On 9 April 2012 00:19, Nathan Freitas wrote: > On 04/06/2012 05:31 PM, Simon Brereton wrote: >> It's my understanding that Verizon (at least) differs the way it >> assigns IP addresses for 4g/LTE devices as opposed to 3G ones.  Is >> this a point of concern for Or

[tor-talk] 4G/LTE

2012-04-06 Thread Simon Brereton
Hi It's my understanding that Verizon (at least) differs the way it assigns IP addresses for 4g/LTE devices as opposed to 3G ones. Is this a point of concern for Orbot? Simon ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproj

Re: [tor-talk] Setting up Tor on Ubuntu

2012-03-22 Thread Simon Brereton
On 22 March 2012 18:21, Dererk wrote: > On 22/03/12 19:09, Simon Brereton wrote: >> Doh!  I thought this had been done as part of the set-up (I thought I >> had seen this done). I'll do that. >> >> Cheers >> >> Simon > < Just to clarify my l

Re: [tor-talk] Setting up Tor on Ubuntu

2012-03-22 Thread Simon Brereton
On 21 March 2012 15:26, Mike Perry wrote: > Thus spake Simon Brereton (simon.brere...@buongiorno.com): > >> On 21 March 2012 07:20,   wrote: >> > I'd do what you originally intended: keep it simple, you want to learn tor >> > so just run tor alone for now. G

Re: [tor-talk] Setting up Tor on Ubuntu

2012-03-22 Thread Simon Brereton
On 22 March 2012 00:51, Dererk wrote: > On 21/03/12 00:28, Simon Brereton wrote: >> Hi >> >> Let me apologise at the outset for ignoring the TBB.  I plan on doing >> so later, but as this is my first experiment with Tor, I would like to >> try and educate mysel

Re: [tor-talk] Azureus cannot work with Tor

2012-03-22 Thread Simon Brereton
On 22 March 2012 12:15, Robert Ransom wrote: > On 2012-03-22, Michael Holzman wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I'm a newbie trying to setup a working Azureus (aka Vuze)-Tor pair. >> Unfortunately,I cannot achieve that. Reading the documentation and searching >> the Internet did not help. > > Good. > >

Re: [tor-talk] Orbot: GSoC Project

2012-03-21 Thread Simon Brereton
On 21 March 2012 13:32, Rajat Jain wrote: > Hi there, > I have been going through the project ideas of the Tor Project, and I > came across the idea of *Orbot. *I wanted the details of this project. Can > anybody help please. Here: https://www.torproject.org/docs/android.html.en More informati

Re: [tor-talk] Setting up Tor on Ubuntu

2012-03-21 Thread Simon Brereton
On 21 March 2012 07:20, wrote: > I had problems with Vidalia seemingly randomly overwriting my tor rc file > with its default settings, so I stopped using it. Now, I just run the tor > proxy itself. > > I'd do what you originally intended: keep it simple, you want to learn tor > so just run tor a

[tor-talk] Setting up Tor on Ubuntu

2012-03-20 Thread Simon Brereton
Hi Let me apologise at the outset for ignoring the TBB. I plan on doing so later, but as this is my first experiment with Tor, I would like to try and educate myself and that means doing things the hard way. Sadly, the hard way isn't working. I'm running Ubuntu Maverick with a 2.6.35-32 kernel (