Am 28.02.2015 um 12:56 schrieb Peter:
TOR is actually Firefox but (the latest Tor) is Firefox 31.x. This is misinformation! Tor is NOT Firefox. The 'Tor Browser Bundle' is built off of Firefox, and that is the recommended way to use Tor advised by the Tor project. But Tor can be used independently and in conjunction with other browsers and/or applications.
You're both right to a certain extent. TOR is just a way to hide your tracks when you surf the net. Basically, it makes it almost impossible to find out your IP address. But modern browsers are very nosy and they love to blabber. If you use Google Chrome via TOR, then you're pretty safe against malware attacks but the browser shares so many information about you with anyone listening that connecting via the TOR network becomes pointless. I mean the sites your browse can't see your IP address anymore but the browser will tell anyone "Hey, this is Aaron Digulla and he lives in .... and he's .... old and he likes ..." That's why the TOR project decided to ship their own browser. The version of Firefox which comes with the Tor Browser Bundle is nailed shut. It won't tell anyone anything. If you don't enable JavaScript, Java and Flash, no one will be able to track you. So it's again a question of balance between security (latest version of Firefox) against anonymity. If your life depends on anonymity, use the browser that comes with TOR. Just make sure you have the latest anti-virus installed and active and enable JavaScript only for those sites which you need and which absolutely refuse to work otherwise. Java is a no-go anyway and many sites should work without Flash. Enabling Flash adds so many way to identify you, that using TOR is pointless. Regards, -- Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark "It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination. Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits." http://blog.pdark.de/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org