Twitter uses IP address as a factor to detect "abnormal activities" just like Google sometimes gives us some CAPTCHA...maybe we need more exit nodes
2015-09-21 1:18 GMT+08:00 Tempest <temp...@bitmessage.ch>: > XiaoLan (小蓝): > > use virtual phone number to verify... > > 1. register a free trial virtual phone number and forward to SIP > > 2. use this phone number to register Google Voice > > 3. use google voice number to active Twitter account... > > the problem with such a solution is that it will be overly complex for > twitter users who need tor. google is not exactly tor friendly either > when it comes to creating an account. plus, without taking steps with a > properly configured vm set up, registering for the free number and > forwarding it to a sip provider would likely result in them breaking > their anonymity. > > i'm not concerned for my account. using a variation on the method > described above, i can get around it easy enough. my concern is > twitter's new systematic approach that seems to be locking a number of > twitter accounts over the past 37 days. people shouldn't have to use a > complicated sip chain just to continue using twitter with tor. > > -- > gpg key - 0x2A49578A7291BB34 > fingerprint - 63C4 E106 AC6A 5F2F DDB2 3840 2A49 578A 7291 BB34 > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
