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BrevCampagnolo
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 Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:20 pm Post subject: Today my PC is visiting Mongolia ...really! |
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I mostly use the Firefox browser, and I have Tor anonymous proxy installed on all my PCs. So it's interesting to me to note where my anonymous proxy says that I am. Today it says I'm in Mongolia.
Usually, it ends up somewhere in western Europe. Rarely Asia, never Mongolia.
I hope it's enjoying the trip.
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Karlsweldt
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 6:29 am Post subject: |
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Interesting "virtual" visit! Possibly your IP address is duplicated on another machine? Or your machine ID is possibly cloned by a pirate?
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BrevCampagnolo
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 10:28 am Post subject: |
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That just happened to be the location of my fellow Tor user who was my volunteer anonymous proxy that day. It was a very brief stay. Today I'm back in western Europe:
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hunter1801
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Doesn't using Tor make the internet way slower for you? |
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fussnfeathers
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Probably because it's the favorite playground for "file sharing"...
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BrevCampagnolo
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:13 am Post subject: |
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| hunter1801 wrote: | | Doesn't using Tor make the internet way slower for you? |
Nope. More like way, Way, WAY slower.
EDIT:
Today, BTW, my PC is visiting Berlin.
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hunter1801
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Why do you use it then if it makes it ridiculously slow? |
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BrevCampagnolo
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| hunter1801 wrote: | | Why do you use it then if it makes it ridiculously slow? |
Because it makes me way, Way, WAY anonymous.
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Karlsweldt
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:50 am Post subject: |
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| BrevCampagnolo wrote: | | hunter1801 wrote: | | Why do you use it then if it makes it ridiculously slow? |
Because it makes me way, Way, WAY anonymous. |
By gong through a series of servers and reroutes, your IP signature is usually "lost" on the trail. Hackers commonly use this technique to hide their identity and location!
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hunter1801
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:28 am Post subject: |
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| Ya but you don't use it every time you use the internet do you? Seems way too excessive and paranoid to think you need to be running behind TOR every time you are on the internet. Maybe for certain things, but not as a normal browser. |
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