Thanks for your answer. It's immensely helpful. <snip> > Everyone who suggests using BitTorrent over Tor is pointed > to > https://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea , > > which mentions that issue. It should be more visible. Perhaps you > could > send a patch to add it to the list of warnings on the download > page (see > https://svn.torproject.org/svn/website/trunk/download/en/ > for the source > files).
I'll look into it. <snip> > The torsocks command > supports a user-specified configuration file > (read the man page). The usewithtor > command does not. > > I agree that someone should make configuring torsocks > easier. I'll look into it and might request a feature. > (Note > that usernames and/or passwords can be used to separate streams, > too.) Is this documented somewhere? > > > [0] If you redirect your (for anonymous use) browser, your mail > client, your > > irc client, etc. to a single SocksPort (standard 127.0.0.1:9050) > everything > > may be routed through the same circuit and exit node. Your > real IP remains > > hidden but (most of) your activity can be correlated > to the same pseudonym. > > This is the main reason that I'm not a fan of TorBOX. Please tell me if there are also other reasons. I'll try to fix. > It provides > pseudonymity, not anonymity, but most people will think that > it > provides anonymity. What you say is true and I am working on a fix. I don't want to trivialize TorBOX's weakness, but I made this thread because this fact is unclear for most Tor users (not only TorBOX users). ______________________________________________________ powered by Secure-Mail.biz - anonymous and secure e-mail accounts. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
