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General Category => Off the Record => Computer Affairs => Topic started by: CountDeMoney on October 01, 2012, 02:55:42 PM

Title: Anybody use Tor? Thoughts? Opinions? Experiences?
Post by: CountDeMoney on October 01, 2012, 02:55:42 PM
I did a search, didn't find if it was discussed before.  Curious about it, wanted to see if anybody has used it.

www.torproject.org

Title: Re: Anybody use Tor? Thoughts? Opinions? Experiences?
Post by: Phillip V on October 01, 2012, 05:16:51 PM
I use it to stream porn and Pandora radio overseas.
Title: Re: Anybody use Tor? Thoughts? Opinions? Experiences?
Post by: viper37 on October 02, 2012, 08:59:40 AM
The thing is, it is really slow.  Really, really slow.  And it's always on.  And sometimes, you'll get to a site and it will say you are banned.  I couldn't log on Bioware's site with Tor active because the IP used was banned.  And it happenned a lot.

So when they made it "always on" for security reasons, I had to uninstall it.

But otherwise, it's a fine software doing what it advertizes.
Title: Re: Anybody use Tor? Thoughts? Opinions? Experiences?
Post by: Josquius on October 11, 2012, 03:11:51 AM
Where does it differ from having a more conventional vpn?
Title: Re: Anybody use Tor? Thoughts? Opinions? Experiences?
Post by: Vricklund on October 12, 2012, 04:41:53 AM
It's published with a free BSD license. Also, like Viper says, it's slooow. When my NSLU was still alive I dedicated 10Mbit of my bandwidth to Tor. If everyone could do that it would probably work alot better.
Title: Re: Anybody use Tor? Thoughts? Opinions? Experiences?
Post by: viper37 on October 12, 2012, 09:11:14 AM
10Mbit exceeds my total bandwith :P
Title: Re: Anybody use Tor? Thoughts? Opinions? Experiences?
Post by: jimmy olsen on October 22, 2012, 09:17:29 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 01, 2012, 02:55:42 PM
I did a search, didn't find if it was discussed before.  Curious about it, wanted to see if anybody has used it.

www.torproject.org
HMBOB is in China, so he must be using it right?