Re: [tor-talk] Is this a practical vulnerability?

2012-10-19 Thread somepony
My question is, if you NEVER requested the 1 web page in the first place, would you have experienced the same attack? I mean if I were looking for new live Tor services I would probably periodically just roll through unknown IPs and check for a live node (or something) as one layer of attack.

Re: [tor-talk] keep session for more than 10 minutes

2012-10-16 Thread somepony
I too am looking for an answer to this. Using the vanilla Tor browser your identity changes (based on IP) automatically. While that enforced anonymity is good in many cases, sometimes it makes a site impossible to use. Personally for my Tor use I would like it ONLY to switch exit nodes when

Re: [tor-talk] registration for youtube, gmail over Tor - fake voicemail / sms anyone?

2012-10-15 Thread somepony
I just this evening signed up for a google mail account using only the vanilla Tor browser and a random node. I used a 10 minute email to verify the email account, I was a little surprised it got past google as a valid email domain. Google did send an email and I used the link, no phone numbe

Re: [tor-talk] TB download improvement

2012-10-15 Thread somepony
It's not just ESL, it's the lack of an easy familiar format for communication, support, and dumb newbie questions. From an outsider perspective, this list is difficult to access and lacks appeal to a greenhorn like myself (it appears to be a hardcore dev talk from the description- you know the