Tor
Well, I've seen quite a lot of new threads about this recently (well, more than the usual) so I thought about making one of my own.
What do people think of Tor? Do you even know what it is?
Are you for it or against it? Would you have it criminalised, like the browser, or any substitute criminalised?
Or are any of you willing to share your experience on the deep web?
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What do people think of Tor? Do you even know what it is?
Are you for it or against it? Would you have it criminalised, like the browser, or any substitute criminalised?
Or are any of you willing to share your experience on the deep web?
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Urgh I keep forgetting to download it!! Imma go and download thanks for reminding me
Original post by driftawaay
Urgh I keep forgetting to download it!! Imma go and download thanks for reminding me
Lol, no problem (actually I want to say no pro-blémo for once.)
Also, if you want it on an android device (don't know about others) just download Orbot then Orweb, just need to activate Orbot first.
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never heard of it, what is it?
Original post by RainbowKiwi
never heard of it, what is it?
Program that enables you to access child porn on the internet.
Original post by Plutonian
Program that enables you to access child porn on the internet.
omg no...
I've used it, it's nothing exciting.
Original post by Plutonian
Program that enables you to access child porn on the internet.
No, it's just an anonymous browser.
Original post by XcitingStuart
Lol, no problem (actually I want to say no pro-blémo for once.)
Also, if you want it on an android device (don't know about others) just download Orbot then Orweb, just need to activate Orbot first.
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Also, if you want it on an android device (don't know about others) just download Orbot then Orweb, just need to activate Orbot first.
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Just installed but when I try to connect it just says 'connecting to Tor network' but never actually connects :/
Original post by Plutonian
Program that enables you to access child porn on the internet.
Bit dramatic isnt it
Original post by NotNotBatman
No, it's just an anonymous browser.
Yeah, yeah tell it to the judge.
Original post by Plutonian
Program that enables you to access child porn on the internet.
...or just drugs like most users...
Original post by RainbowKiwi
never heard of it, what is it?
I'm glad someone asked!
There's going to be a bit of theory first though.
What you can find via normal browsers is the stuff only indexed by Google.
Google is able to only index a small part of the web, making only a small part available to you. (And I mean really, really small.) Like it's only able to read that, so index it.
Tor is a browser which is able to read the rest of it, including what you can find via normal means already.
Tor also works by encrypting the information sent, then it randomly bounces it off many nodes (just imagine points), before it reaches the other end, so all information sent and received is firstly unreadable, and largely anonymous. So the Government would find it very hard to e.g. block content on there, or track people.
It can be used by whistleblowers, journalists, safe communications in dictatorial countries, but also by criminals like child molesters, child pornography, drug trade (e.g. the infamous-in-places silk road), hitmen, traffickers. (I think the major and obvious ones are child pornography and drug trade.)
Sorry for the non-concision, that's a mish-mash of an okay explanation.
Feel free to correct me, or explain it better, if I'm wrong anyone.
Tor isn't illegal, just the stuff you can e.g. find on it is illegal.
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Original post by Plutonian
Yeah, yeah tell it to the judge.
I believed you
Original post by Plutonian
Program that enables you to access child porn on the internet.
That's a tad one-sided.
Original post by driftawaay
Bit dramatic isnt it
Just a tad.
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Lol I'm butchering the use of the word tad, I'm sorry. :sheepish:
Original post by XcitingStuart
I'm glad someone asked!
There's going to be a bit of theory first though.
What you can find via normal browsers is the stuff only indexed by Google.
Google is able to only index a small part of the web, making only a small part available to you. (And I mean really, really small.) Like it's only able to read that, so index it.
Tor is a browser which is able to read the rest of it, including what you can find via normal means already.
Tor also works by encrypting the information sent, then it randomly bounces it off many nodes (just imagine points), before it reaches the other end, so all information sent and received is firstly unreadable, and largely anonymous. So the Government would find it very hard to e.g. block content on there, or track people.
It can be used by whistleblowers, journalists, safe communications in dictatorial countries, but also by criminals like child molesters, child pornography, drug trade (e.g. the infamous-in-places silk road), hitmen, traffickers. (I think the major and obvious ones are child pornography and drug trade.)
Sorry for the non-concision, that's a mish-mash of an okay explanation.
Feel free to correct me, or explain it better, if I'm wrong anyone.
Tor isn't illegal, just the stuff you can e.g. find on it is illegal.
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There's going to be a bit of theory first though.
What you can find via normal browsers is the stuff only indexed by Google.
Google is able to only index a small part of the web, making only a small part available to you. (And I mean really, really small.) Like it's only able to read that, so index it.
Tor is a browser which is able to read the rest of it, including what you can find via normal means already.
Tor also works by encrypting the information sent, then it randomly bounces it off many nodes (just imagine points), before it reaches the other end, so all information sent and received is firstly unreadable, and largely anonymous. So the Government would find it very hard to e.g. block content on there, or track people.
It can be used by whistleblowers, journalists, safe communications in dictatorial countries, but also by criminals like child molesters, child pornography, drug trade (e.g. the infamous-in-places silk road), hitmen, traffickers. (I think the major and obvious ones are child pornography and drug trade.)
Sorry for the non-concision, that's a mish-mash of an okay explanation.
Feel free to correct me, or explain it better, if I'm wrong anyone.
Tor isn't illegal, just the stuff you can e.g. find on it is illegal.
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I had no idea m8. Fanx for the explanation. So if you can access illegal stuff with it, how comes tor itself isn't illegal to have?
Also, I @'d you and you never came to help :-(
Original post by RainbowKiwi
x
Oh, and it's also used by people who simply don't want everything they search to be quantified, or recorded.
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Original post by RainbowKiwi
I had no idea m8. Fanx for the explanation. So if you can access illegal stuff with it, how comes tor itself isn't illegal to have?
Also, I @'d you and you never came to help :-(
Also, I @'d you and you never came to help :-(
I can't see @ or quotes on the app :/
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Original post by XcitingStuart
k, you just stopped me from crying fanx.
read this plz: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3534493
It's awesome. Access to clean drugs... much safer than buying them on road!
And no it should not be, and technically cannot be, criminalised. People will always have the freedom to do what they want on a PC.
And no it should not be, and technically cannot be, criminalised. People will always have the freedom to do what they want on a PC.
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