Cyber Info•3mo ago

TOR

Is there someone who could help me setup TOR with safe settings?

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 9:46 PM

@multi-spoon wonder boy do we do this here?

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 9:47 PM

is TOR as a topic banned or is it more dark web stuff specifically?

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 9:47 PM

Tor is a banned topic?

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 9:48 PM

my b i didnt know i will read the rules a lil better

Gguninvalid over coax alliance is TOR as a topic banned or is it more dark web stuff specifically?

w33t•9/16/25, 9:48 PM

Good question. It's more so the dark web stuff

w33t•9/16/25, 9:49 PM

Nothing inherently wrong with TOR, but it's how it is used which can stray into no no territory

w33t•9/16/25, 9:49 PM

As far as safe settings go, the TOR browser is pretty well-configured out of the box

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 9:49 PM

i was told that alot of journalists from other countries use it and theres tons of stuff abt free speech on there, yes i do know that TOR is also where the dark web is at but i just didnt know how TOR works and im super scared

w33t•9/16/25, 9:50 PM

Truthfully, there's really nothing to be afraid of if you're not talking to or engaging with sketchy shit

w33t•9/16/25, 9:50 PM

I use it fairly often for investigations and there isn't a ton to consider on the usage side

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 9:51 PM

so its kinda like google in a sense of just dont download anyything and im good?

w33t•9/16/25, 9:51 PM

The biggest difference being that you need to find sites ahead of time because there isn't really a Google for TOR

w33t•9/16/25, 9:51 PM

Yeah, be aware of what you input and what you download

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 9:51 PM

so do i need to do a reddit deep dive for free speech TOR websites?

w33t•9/16/25, 9:52 PM

Probably would be your best bet, yeah

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 9:52 PM

ive also been told to turn off JAva script, what do you think?

TTommy326 ive also been told to turn off JAva script, what do you think?

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 9:54 PM

probably worth doing yea

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 9:54 PM

I wouldn't know though

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 9:55 PM

any tips to avoid sketchy shit?

TTommy326 ive also been told to turn off JAva script, what do you think?

w33t•9/16/25, 9:55 PM

Yeah, that's a good idea

TTommy326 any tips to avoid sketchy shit?

w33t•9/16/25, 9:56 PM

Honestly just use best judgement. If something looks or sounds weird, avoid it

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 9:58 PM

see you boys on the otherside

TTommy326 any tips to avoid sketchy shit?

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 9:59 PM

if you're doing strictly clear web stuff then you don't need anything more than standard web guidance

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 10:00 PM

if you're doing links, the advice I've heard is to practice good opsec

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 10:00 PM

on the dark web opsec is a lot more important

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 10:01 PM

and also just assume that you are gonna get burned at least once, you'll see something you didn't want to see or accidentally download something you didn't want to download

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 10:01 PM

but once it happens, try to learn from it and try to avoid doing that again

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 10:01 PM

so no SSNs on your tor machine please

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 10:02 PM

naw i looked up free speech and the first thing that came up was wiki lol it looks just like google i feel less scared now

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 10:02 PM

tape up your webcam etc. etc.

Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 10:02 PM

Ww33t The biggest difference being that you need to find sites ahead of time because t...

VoidArch•9/16/25, 10:18 PM

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guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 10:22 PM

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guninvalid over coax alliance•9/16/25, 10:22 PM

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Tommy326OP•9/16/25, 10:25 PM

what is ahmia?

Gguninvalid over coax alliance tape up your webcam etc. etc.

Lenny•9/20/25, 8:07 PM

tor doesnt automatically grant sites permission to use your webcam, unless you're actively granting webcam permissions or downloading malware there's no need to do that i'm pretty sure

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/20/25, 8:08 PM

idk ive never used tor and i never will

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/20/25, 8:08 PM

probably doesn't hurt though :VentiShrug:

TTommy326 Is there someone who could help me setup TOR with safe settings?

distant•9/20/25, 11:38 PM

tor has mostly secure settings as a default, would recommend a vpn though

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/20/25, 11:43 PM

i strongly discourage VPN usage

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/20/25, 11:44 PM

because TOR is basically several layers of VPN, you do not need yet another VPN to make it even slower

Gguninvalid over coax alliance because TOR is basically several layers of VPN, you do not need yet another VPN ...

distant•9/20/25, 11:54 PM

literally all you do is connect to the nearest country around you

distant•9/20/25, 11:55 PM

also TOR network is heavily surveiled by governments so id prefferably use a vpn

distant•9/20/25, 11:55 PM

all it really does is bring up ping by a couple ms

estk•9/21/25, 1:25 AM

https://youtu.be/dw-z10LNtm0?si=pT5idi-iiDV8fcSg

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In this video I show you how to customize Librewolf to browse the Tor network while spoofing your HTTP user agent in a similar way to the old Tor browser. I also show you how to validate the BGP security of guard nodes in your Tor circuit to avoid having your IP address revealed. These modifications are not approved by the Tor project and you ...

Ddistant also TOR network is heavily surveiled by governments so id prefferably use a vpn

estk•9/21/25, 1:27 AM

It’s not necessary and even quite possibly a bad idea

Eestk https://youtu.be/dw-z10LNtm0?si=pT5idi-iiDV8fcSg

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/21/25, 2:41 AM

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guninvalid over coax alliance•9/21/25, 2:41 AM

also mental outlaw my beloved

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/21/25, 2:41 AM

he definitely has some sus ideas but i like his perspective and his videos