Tor

After moving residence, I had Quantum Fiber ISP install my internet service. My home setup is quite simple, but in addition to my PC, I have an IRC server running on a Raspberry Pi, and a web server running on an Orange Pi, with the modem / router configured to forward those ports to those two sbc's. IRC access is passworded and invite only, and most traffic comes from Tor exit nodes. It seems, however, that Quantum Fiber is blocking any incoming connections from those exit nodes. I can see this by trying to access my web server from a Tor browser, the traffic is intercepted by

"https://block.cloud.lionic.com/blockpage/malicious.html?t=3&url=http://<my_website>"

which sends this screen:

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The web server is what I can see, but the IRC server is the main issue here .. when someone tries to connect to that, they don't see the reason why, they just know nothing is happening.

I have looked through the options on the router and can find nothing to indicate how to turn it off. Additionally, I have to wonder if this is something that Quantum Fiber is doing on their own, or at the urging of someone else.

I wanted to ask here before calling, as bitching about it to the ISP is probably the quickest way to stand out in a crowd, Any suggestions?

Hey, new to using tor. Can’t seem to even get any sites to load.

Hello everyone, I discovered Tor about 6 months ago and I love it, today I was interested in the network and how it works, and I found out so much information from Reddit, tor pages, and privacy pages! Now I know a LOT about how the Tor network operates, but sadly not in full detail. I was wondering if Reddit Tor had any comments or information about how the network operates, I tested the bridges in school because the network blocks sites and Tor did its job, unblocked it!

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Google Drawings link here: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1k8O9CjL9apZpFI3ySZpCukExmxr_zsAVLX-QGvE0EjU/edit?usp=sharing

Does how fast your internet is affect how quick things load in tor? because i used my ethernet and iPhone hotspot and they both loaded the same sites at the exact same time frame but when it came to other sites it loaded differently.

I want Anonymity when using TOR from both my ISP and anyone else. Is a bridge just to get around Places that block TOR, or is it required or helpful for anonymity and obscuring Data,

Rather new to using TOR so thank you in advance!

Every single time I try to open the torch deep web browser it keeps telling me my internet connection is bad. Even though I know my internet is just fine.

"TOR/NYX NOTICE-ERR):

22:00:45 [WARN] Your server has not managed to confirm reachability for its Orport(s) at 197.150.170.36:2077. Relays do not publish descriptors until their ORPort and DirPort are reachable. Please check your firewalls, ports, address, etc/hosts file, etc." I'm getting this error but idk how to fix it? Port is allowed and everything,

Hi buddy's i am new to the online platform called tor like newbie type of new. i just want to ask that can you do live streaming in tor like you do in YouTube and other social media platforms in a secure way

Hello Reddit Users

I have a question the Tor Browser in Android save this tool on .onion adresses files , without Download on the Phone ? show pictures and browsing the Darknet .

Its secure use the DW on this Phone(OS) (Pixel 7 with CalyxOS . ) enabled Firewall and VPN

Thank you best regards

I wrote one to meet my own requirements while chatting with friends and people over the net, you who reads, feel free to use it, I had those things in mind while making it:

• The need for information confidentiality
• Guarantee that the software does only what is intended
• No time to manually check the code of big open source projects
• No need for large communication protocols
• Very organized codebase files, easy to understand and hack
• Secure by default
• Minimal dependencies (openssl and glibc)

It should be pretty easy to apply security patches and tor updates as I will do so if and when the need arises

You can find building, installation and usage instructions here: https://github.com/Alvorada9999/dont_trust

It runs even on potato based computers :)

I will answer any questions that may arise as time goes by, thanks for your time and have a good day.

If anyone is interested, Tors is a cli tool to locally store name - .onion links associations.

It's still in early development but is has some nice features. Take a look!

I think the title of this post says most of it...

I installed the tor browser on my 2021 m1 mac thats running sonoma at 14.4.1. A few seconds after opening the browser it will crash and close itself (wether I connect to tor or not).

1. I checked for crash logs but theres nothing
2. I disabled hardware acceleration in the setting because I saw someone else on here saying that thats what solved the issue for them (took a while because I had to access the settings quickly before the app crashed but I managed to do it)
3. I tried running the app using rosseta but that didn't help either

If it helps im using this version of tor `tor-browser-macos-13.0.14.dmg`

Hopefully someone else has this issue and can help me out

Afaik allowing media could compromise anonymity. How does this work exactly? Would i be safe if i just tick the box that says allow mp4 to prevent anything else from loading?

I have taken networking courses and have a fairly good grasp of how TOR works. I am hoping to understand in more detail the threat model I should think about when thinking about and choosing TOR bridges.

However the idea of a "secret" TOR bridge that you acquire and set as your first relay seems to defy a lot of how I understand TOR works and in my view potentially opens numerous risks that could make your traffic less anonymous and more identifiable.

I am hoping that someone could explain or point out the threat model involved here. Because ultimately I don't understand how choosing a static relay as your starting point helps achieve any of the goals of "Hiding from your network that I am connecting to TOR" IF these relays are really not so secret.

Sure. If I had the resources and connections I am sure I could access a truly secret TOR bridge that is well protected and maintained. But as an outsider to that world of more extreme privacy my options seem to be the following:

1. Email bridges@torproject.org to get one. To me this seems likely to make my TOR traffic more traceable. Especially given they want it from a gmail address (I know they allow Riseup too but the fact that Gmail is an option makes me suspicious)? Unless I have very very carefully created that address in a way that is not linked to me there is now a trail linking me to my first tor relay which someone could uncover.
2. https://bridges.torproject.org/ can give me one after I solve a CAPTCHA.
3. There are "popular" ones like Snowflake which claims to disguise traffic as a video call. Although it does sound like there are numerous people hosting these.

Ultimately, while these may help temporarily get someone connected to the TOR network in a case where their network, country, ISP, etc has taken steps to block or undermine TOR I do not get how this doesn't introduce additional risk by giving you a static first bridge that is more traceable to you than a random one on the publicly listed relay network.

I get that all 3 mechanisms make it difficult for any entity to have a complete list of all the "secret" TOR networks and thus raise suspicion for folks using TOR but couldn't any sufficiently motivated entity pretty quickly find out about each of these bridges that are being handed out?

Am I wrong about this? Is there a reason why acquiring a "not so secret" bridge in a way that is more traceable does any more than just makes it harder for your traffic to be traced to you? Is it purely a good idea for those who couldn't otherwise access TOR?

I guess threat model wise my personal read is unless you have to use one it probably does a better job at making your traffic less suspicious but introduces some more risk that your traffic is traceable to you.

Then lets go a step further and bring in VPNs. I understand the risks here fairly well layering a VPN with TOR and in what ways that likely does or doesnt improve privacy depending on your VPN vendor and how you acquired it... but lets say in the best case I was using a VPN I acquired anonymously who is willing to fight governmental entities to avoid handing over logs that they are hopefully keeping minimal of anywho wouldn't using a "not so secret" TOR bridge undermine that effort?

I am currently hosting some tor exit relays. Am looking for a new host which does not have a bunch of exit relays already running.

I was just watching this video about the deep web, and it sounds awful. Sick pornography, animal abuse, drugs( I don't have a problem with that) human trafficking, snuff films, DIY Vasectomy, etc. Some of the stuff the video mentioned sounded stupid, like Satanic video games, dead aborted baby spirits, cults ectopic. However some of it sounds really fucked. They mentioned a site called Dead Girls and Animal Nightmares, which are self explanatory and sound awful. But are they even real? I don't want to find out, I don't need to be on that side of the internet. The video also mentioned that stuff on there can cause trauma and mental health problems. Is this true?

EDIT: Meant to say Dark Web

So i have orbot on my phone. Yesterday i was listening to music, when suddenly my songs started skipping themselfs. They played for 4 seconds and then they skipped to the next song and it went on like this. When i picked up my phone i noticed that orbot was on, but i didnt turn it on. When i went and closed the app, the music stopped skipping and went back to normal.

I found this pretty weird. I dont have any idea how this happened or why it happened. Should i be worried? This might be a dumb question but i havent found any other reason on why these songs were skipping.

I'm on Linux with Tor browser and with default settings, mexc.com gives access denied.

Changing exit node countries did not help, regardless I was on Vietnam for the time being.

I messed around with all bridges and with Snowflake I was able to register, yeay, but it was very slow.

I tried other countries like Germany, Czech republic, El Salvador and Switzerland, but at this point, nothing was working anymore :)

I feel mexc.com might be like level hard or something.

Any advice?

And I need a laptop for mainly watching movies/ gaming and downloading files etc but i am also very interested in hacking and accessing the deep web so if im going to spend out on a laptop what would be the best or cheapest laptop for hacking and using the deep web safely. And this will be the first laptop i buy l understand going with something basic and understanding the basics but i also don't want to buy a another when i do understand the basics so what would you lot suggest

How do I get started?

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Like, not only the browser but also all the other apps

I need to keep JavaScript enabled while browsing and i'm afraid of downloading something ang getting exploited (i heard this happened to a guy in the past). Could using a torbox (torbox.ch) before tails protect from an ip leak? Also, if i do this, should i still use torbrowser or unsafe browser is good? Is this more secure than qubes + whonix? I'm pretty new to this world so i could be totally wrong. (sorry for bad english)

It occasionally will work for like 60s and then always flash this. I'm on an oppo phone.

Hey Guys how do i get on the Tor Browser? Do i need von etc. ? Iam new to this and would like to know how to start safely

Is there any tor app or onion browser on iOS?

Hello guys, im trying to launch tor using my flutter android app. i can't find the right TOR executable and if i did, i can't launch it using my flutter app due there no libraries.

My flutter App Idea is making an API calls to a server on the hidden service. any ideas? .