sman83
join:2004-11-09
Urbana, IL | Sounds interesting
I am downloading and going to try this I want the anonymity it "says" it can provide. |
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CrazyFingers
join:2003-10-01
Columbia, MO | *cough* surfing porn sites *cough*
I mean..cmon.. |
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dv
What was that?
Premium
join:2005-04-19
Goleta, CA | Reasonably secure
Its a great idea, everything inside the browser STAYS inside the browser.. completely randomized secure proxying makes it a surefire way of anonymity |
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tapeloop
1959. I try to kick the ball. I miss.
Premium
join:2004-06-27
Airstrip One | reply to CrazyFingers
Re: *cough* surfing porn sites *cough*
There might be a few dissidents in China or NK that would find this sort of thing useful too. |
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Torpark Testing
@thing2thing.com | using it now
My laptop is old and crappy and my connection is crappy, but this app doesnt seem to crappy. |
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j0nnyb1aze
join:2004-07-22
Hudson, FL
1 edit | "Torpark causes the IP address seen by the website "
Ok, maybe I'm talking out my xxx, but, first of all, the remote computer doesn't need the browser to tell it the IP of the computer. There are several other ways for the server to get your IP that have nothing to do w/ the browser.
Second, how would the server to know where to send the page information (i.e. the webpages), or am I misunderstanding the http transaction? If http still works, this would certainly cause issues w/ session/login based websites.
Edit: Ok so its going through a "dynamic proxy", it still really doesn't impress me much. The ability to surf w/o being tracked on the compyter itself screams doing stuff youshouldn't be at work/school. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to CrazyFingers
Re: *cough* surfing porn sites *cough*
Exactly. If someone is that ashamed of going to porn sites maybe they shouldn't be at porn sites. |
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motoracer
join:2003-09-15
Valencia, CA | Why?
Why do people need to hide which websites they go to...? I don't care who looks where I go because I have nothing to hide. |
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ke4pym
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC
 ·Verizon BroadbandA..
 ·Packet8
 ·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to j0nnyb1aze
Re: "Torpark causes the IP address seen by the website "
said by j0nnyb1aze  : The ability to surf w/o being tracked on the compyter itself screams doing stuff youshouldn't be at work/school. With all due respect, perhaps you should broaden your knowledge of how something like this could cover up more than you being naughty and surfing from school or work.
You wanna surf from school or work and not be tracked? Buy your own laptop and an EVDO card from Verizon.
Wanna move information around without an oppressive government knowing about it? Use something like this. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| How Do They Know This Works?
TOR has already been proven to be a failure as the recent busts by the non-oppressive German government have shown. How can the creators of this software be sure that a repressive regime won't be able to trace traffic browsed by this software as well?
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Only SHATNER is Kirk. |
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reub2000
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Evanston, IL | reply to motoracer
Re: Why?
You don't, but someone might. |
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scareg
join:2003-10-27
Walla Walla, WA
| reply to sman83
Re: Sounds interesting
Sounds interesting but does seem to have one serious flaw. Below is a speed test while using it.
dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-09-20 14:05:14 EST:
49 / 99
Your download speed : 49 kbps or 6.2 KB/sec.
Your upload speed is much faster than down.. have you tweaked?
Your upload speed : 99 kbps or 12.3 KB/sec. |
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RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
 ·XMission
| reply to motoracer
Re: Why?
said by motoracer :Why do people need to hide which websites they go to...? I don't care who looks where I go because I have nothing to hide. That is because you live in a country where you are pretty much free to do what you want. You can do postings that called Clinton a perv and/or cussed out Bush, and no one comes knocking on your door at 2 AM with 20 bully boys.
Now in several countries like some of those in the Middle East and China, write the wrong thing or if you are seen looking at material that says your leaders have a problem and how good life is elsewhere, then you might want to hide who you are.
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I am not lost, I find myself every time. |
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Big Fun
@88.84.x.x | reply to dv
Re: Reasonably secure
This will be fun...  |
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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
| reply to pnh102
huh "busts"?
I think you need to research these "busts" a little more.
There was a large pr0n sting and police were just basically raiding all the IPs (ie machines) that hit the site - it just happend to be that a couple TOR servers were on the list. After the police realized what the servers were, and not someone's personal system, there was no more problem. |
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maartena
Stacked.
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| Doesn't work for drawball.com
Drawball.com is a site where people can paint in a flash environment, and it registered the amount of ink you have left on IP address.
I installed Torpark on 2 PC's, one of which had NEVER used drawball.com, but both PC's are connected through the same router.
Both PC's registered the amount of ink I had left based on my internet IP adress.
So it seems that with Flash you can still register the IP adress of the actual visitor.
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"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" -
Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father. |
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motoracer
join:2003-09-15
Valencia, CA
1 edit | I just tried it...and couldn't get it to work. All websites don't load (even on multiple new IP's). |
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tsu9
join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL
2 edits | reply to motoracer
Re: Why?
Nobody but you needs to know. Even if you elect to have no privacy, that doens't mean everyone else should follow your bold, nude lifestyle.
You might not value your privacy, but others definately do (even yours). Feel lucky you have the choice. |
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technick
Premium
join:2000-12-16
Loganville, GA | reply to sman83
Re: Sounds interesting
Ive been using torpark a few days now, its not bad at all. One of the coolest parts is its completely portable and works great on a usb thumb drive. |
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j0nnyb1aze
join:2004-07-22
Hudson, FL
| reply to ke4pym
Re: "Torpark causes the IP address seen by the website "
Governmental watching is an understandable concern, and the proxy server concept is sound, but the ability to be stealt on the computer itself(i.e History) Really doesn't do much to circumvent this, unless the government actually comes and seizes your actual equipment.
I also wasn't saying that I wold want to be doing anything unscrupulus at work/school, or for that matter that it was the ONLY reason. This is probably the most common reason that it will be used for anyway.
My primary point was that this is NOT a miraculus fix all cure. Although it makes it more difficult to track you, it doesn't make it impossible. If an opperssive government, or anyone w/ enough skill, wants to know something They will find out. |
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