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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Don't promote tor as a magic bullet -
it's not that.<br>
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Yes it can make you anonymous, but there are also known flaws and
weaknesses that can be exploited.<br>
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The Tor browser is probably even worse as known exploits in the
browser bundle have already been used to defeat anonymity.<br>
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On 12/08/15 10:23, jalinder jag wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Yes and a
BIG YES tor works and it makes u anonymous over the internet
your ISP wont able decrypt your traffic</font>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">it simply works
by routing your traffic via relays(volunteer operated
servers) and <span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.7em">strips away
part of the packet's header, which is a part of the
addressing information that could be used to learn things
about the sender such as the operating system from which
the message was sent. </span><span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.7em">Finally, Tor
encrypts the rest of the addressing information, called
the packet wrapper. Regular Internet connections don't do
this either.</span></font></div>
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style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.7em"><br>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.7em">Jalinder
.....;)</span></font></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:30 AM,
ThinRhino <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:thinrhino@gmail.com" target="_blank">thinrhino@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 08-08
10:12, jayant ogale wrote:<br>
> hi, recently i read about tor browser. they claim that
user identity remains<br>
> anonymous,it not possible to locate the users location,
it is not possible to<br>
> store the browsing details. also they claim that it
not possible to intercept<br>
> and read your mails and other details. is it true? i
mean has anybody<br>
> verified these claims [technically]? i will be
interested to know 1] what are<br>
> the advantages and disadvantages of using tor browser?
2] internet providers<br>
> are supposed to store our internet browsing details. if
the claims are true<br>
> how do they do it? 3] similarly they have come up with
tails o.s. does this<br>
> o.s. has any specific advantages as compared to other
o.s.? thanks,<br>
<br>
Yes, TOR works in the very exact way they claim it to work.<br>
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People like Julian Assange trust and use it.<br>
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Cheers<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">ThinRhino<br>
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