Re: [tor-talk] The Stop Online Piracy Act

2011-11-02 Thread Jim
Andrew Lewman wrote: On Tuesday, November 01, 2011 00:11:49 Jim wrote: I haven't seen this brought up on this list yet, so I thought I would mention it. Tech Dirt (among others) are reporting on yet another round of misguided (U.S.) legislation supposedly targeting copyright infringement. Part

[tor-talk] New Browser Bundle

2011-11-02 Thread Achter Lieber
Hullo. noticed that the new, very latest browser bundle for windows has Java Script enabled, cookies enabled and NoScript changed settings back to "enable globally" considered "dangerous"! Any reason for this? Even after I unchecked "enable globally" I started to surf and then noticed a diffe

[tor-talk] What is tor used for?

2011-11-02 Thread toruser
hello: i believe there is a real need for secure communications but as a new user to tor it seems the common entry points to the network are rife with criminal activity. the torproject website lists users as friends and family, military, business owners etc - use cases that make sense to me, but

Re: [tor-talk] Freedom Hosting admin revealed by Anonymous - Tor finally cracked?

2011-11-02 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 02:45:40AM +, Gozu-san wrote: > Expert review of OpDarknet's "The Honey Pawt" malware, and precisely how > The Mozilla Foundation was involved, seems crucial. Perhaps The Tor > Project's "Onion Logo" trademark was infringed, and perhaps The Mozilla > Foundation did not

Re: [tor-talk] Freedom Hosting admin revealed by Anonymous - Tor finally cracked?

2011-11-02 Thread Gozu-san
Expert review of OpDarknet's "The Honey Pawt" malware, and precisely how The Mozilla Foundation was involved, seems crucial. Perhaps The Tor Project's "Onion Logo" trademark was infringed, and perhaps The Mozilla Foundation did not exercise due diligence. Or maybe OpDarknet just said that for lul

Re: [tor-talk] The Stop Online Piracy Act

2011-11-02 Thread Nick Mathewson
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Andrew Lewman wrote: > On Tuesday, November 01, 2011 00:11:49 Jim wrote: >> I haven't seen this brought up on this list yet, so I thought I would >> mention it.  Tech Dirt (among others) are reporting on yet another round >> of misguided (U.S.) legislation supposedl

Re: [tor-talk] Freedom Hosting admin revealed by Anonymous - Tor finally cracked?

2011-11-02 Thread Marsh Ray
On 11/02/2011 05:54 PM, Gozu-san wrote: Is it really possible that over 100 fools would have downloaded a purported Tor security update from Hard Candy in one day? In the middle of an attack by OpDarknet? Seriously? Mozilla stats https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/statistics/addon/2275 seem t

Re: [tor-talk] The Stop Online Piracy Act

2011-11-02 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Tuesday, November 01, 2011 00:11:49 Jim wrote: > I haven't seen this brought up on this list yet, so I thought I would > mention it. Tech Dirt (among others) are reporting on yet another round > of misguided (U.S.) legislation supposedly targeting copyright > infringement. Part of this legisla

Re: [tor-talk] Don't use Google as default search in Tor Browser?

2011-11-02 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 11/2/2011 4:40 PM, Advrk Aplmkt wrote: > Joe Btfsplk 於 2011/11/2 12:06 寫道: >> On 11/1/2011 8:23 PM, Advrk Aplmkt wrote: >>> Thanks Joe for the info. >>> Yes, I *do* know how to remove search engines, including the method you >>> described. >>> However, I was suggesting that Google (and probabl

Re: [tor-talk] Don't use Google as default search in Tor Browser?

2011-11-02 Thread Julian Yon
On 02/11/11 23:32, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > I have no concrete knowledge if it would violate any Mozilla agreements. As the GPL is one of the license options, there is no way that any contract or agreement between Google and Mozilla could possibly be binding on a third party. Mozilla do impose restric

Re: [tor-talk] Freedom Hosting admin revealed by Anonymous - Tor finally cracked?

2011-11-02 Thread philip holbrook
nobody ever said people were smart, especially when they believe they are totally secured Sent from my iPhone 4 On Nov 2, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Gozu-san wrote: > On 02/11/11 21:00, Perforin wrote: > >> Hey watch this! >> >> http://pastebin.com/hquN9kg5 > > Is it really possible that over 100 fools

Re: [tor-talk] Freedom Hosting admin revealed by Anonymous - Tor finally cracked?

2011-11-02 Thread Gozu-san
OK, I get that. Notwithstanding, there is the warning: "Advice for editors: this page is subject to constant vandalism; before editing the page, please check history and make sure you don't contribute on top of the vandalized versions." Anyway, I note that there is no pornography on the Hard Can

Re: [tor-talk] Freedom Hosting admin revealed by Anonymous - Tor finally cracked?

2011-11-02 Thread Gozu-san
On 02/11/11 21:00, Perforin wrote: > Hey watch this! > > http://pastebin.com/hquN9kg5 Is it really possible that over 100 fools would have downloaded a purported Tor security update from Hard Candy in one day? In the middle of an attack by OpDarknet? Seriously?

Re: [tor-talk] Don't use Google as default search in Tor Browser?

2011-11-02 Thread Advrk Aplmkt
Joe Btfsplk 於 2011/11/2 12:06 寫道: > On 11/1/2011 8:23 PM, Advrk Aplmkt wrote: >> Thanks Joe for the info. >> Yes, I *do* know how to remove search engines, including the method you >> described. >> However, I was suggesting that Google (and probably some of the other >> defaults) be not in the T

Re: [tor-talk] Freedom Hosting admin revealed by Anonymous - Tor finally cracked?

2011-11-02 Thread Perforin
Hey watch this! http://pastebin.com/hquN9kg5 ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Torbutton 1.4.4.1 and Firefox 7.0.1 a security problem or not?

2011-11-02 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 11/2/2011 11:55 AM, Luis Maceira wrote: I have used Torbutton-1.2.5 and Firefox 3.6.23 and the Torbutton status of active stays permanently,after closing an opening Firefox and so on.Now,with the new Torbutton and Firefox when I open Firefox the Torbutton is ALWAYS disabled,I turn it on and

Re: [tor-talk] which apps require an http proxy?

2011-11-02 Thread unknown
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:35:18 -0700 Jacob Appelbaum wrote: > On 10/30/2011 05:37 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 05:31:34PM -0700, Jacob Appelbaum wrote: > >> otherwise, I sometimes use a > >> HTTP proxy with proxychains to prevent DNS leaky applications that have > >> not

[tor-talk] Torbutton 1.4.4.1 and Firefox 7.0.1 a security problem or not?

2011-11-02 Thread Luis Maceira
I have used Torbutton-1.2.5 and Firefox 3.6.23 and the Torbutton status of active stays permanently,after closing an opening Firefox and so on.Now,with the new Torbutton and Firefox when I open Firefox the Torbutton is ALWAYS disabled,I turn it on and if I close Firefox when I open it again turn

Re: [tor-talk] Don't use Google as default search in Tor Browser?

2011-11-02 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 11/1/2011 8:23 PM, Advrk Aplmkt wrote: > Thanks Joe for the info. > Yes, I *do* know how to remove search engines, including the method you > described. > However, I was suggesting that Google (and probably some of the other > defaults) be not in the TBB to begin with, or at least not the defa

Re: [tor-talk] Don't use Google as default search in Tor Browser?

2011-11-02 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 11/1/2011 5:24 PM, Tim Wilde wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/1/2011 4:11 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote: No, I didn't. I told it * TO * redirect (which it did), I just didn't click the "make it permanent" box. By my thinking, the only way that notice should NOT have appea

Re: [tor-talk] disabling automatic port selection in TBB (was: Re: which apps require an http proxy?)

2011-11-02 Thread cgp 3cg
>> Speaking of which, is there a way to disable autoports in TBB? Both >> torrc and Torbutton have settings which look like they should control >> it, but neither seems to have the desired effect. > > In Vidalia, go to Settings->Advanced and untick the box that says 'Configure > ControlPort automat