[meow]

Hi, this is my first thread. Making it (and plan on making more) in an attempt to pull this place out of the ground.


In many cases, your VPN that you use may not be enough and you want to go an extra mile to keep yourself anonymous. Tor is one of the greatest things for this purpose, simply because it's virtually impossible to trace anything back to you after you've used it. VPNs on the other hand store logs and information that can be used to identify you (whether they tell you or not) and will readily hand that information to any federal agency who asks for it.

What you'll need for this tutorial -

• TorBrowser
  
• A program that allows you to configure a SOCKS5 proxy to use for internet connections
  

I'm going to be using Pidgin as an example program for this tutorial, since it's a widely used XMPP client and most people using it prefer to keep their identity hidden. However, this will work for any program that allows you to configure proxy settings.

1. Assuming you've downloaded and installed TorBrowser, open it. This starts the Tor service, initializing the proxy we'll need for later. Open it by clicking this -


2. Minimize TorBrowser (do not exit out of it) as we don't need the window, unless you want it open for some reason.

3. Open Pidgin

4. Click "Accounts" at the top of the "Buddy List" window


5. Click "Manage Accounts" in the dropdown box

6. If you already have an account, just select the account and click "Modify..." at the bottom. If you don't already have an account made, click "Add..." at the bottom. For the sake of the tutorial, I'll just be using "Add..." although it doesn't make a difference. If you are using "Modify..." then skip to step 8.


7 (if you are adding a new account). Enter your credentials and whatnot. If you are creating a new XMPP account on an XMPP server (basically if you don't already have an account registered), enter the domain for that server and tick the box next to "Create this new account on the server" at the bottom of the window.


8. Click on the "Proxy" tab in the "Add Account" window.


9. Click the "Proxy type:" dropdown menu and select "SOCKS 5" (NOT "Tor/Privacy (SOCKS5)")


10. In the "Host" field, enter "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" (either one works) and 9150 in the "Port" field, as that is the connection port for the local Tor proxy.


11. You are done. Click "Add" (if you are adding a new account) or "Save" (if you are modifying an already existing account).


12. Enjoy your privacy.

Again, this will work for anything that allows you to configure a proxy. You'll need to have TorBrowser running any time you connect if you actually want it to work and go through Tor.

[m0dem]

Thanks for the share!
It has been a bit slow around lately... so this is good!
Before I thought you were just a troll. But maybe I'm wrong...
Keep it up, we will be waiting for more!

(101st post!)

[Megan]

Excellent tut, this may come in handy, is it possible to run Skype via tor? @meow

[meow]

Excellent tut, this may come in handy, is it possible to run Skype via tor? @meow

I'm pretty sure there's a way to configure proxy settings in skype's preferences. If so it'd just be the same as steps 9 and 10 above.

[Bish0pQ]

Good written tutorial, detailed enough and clear. Thanks for sharing this.

[Sans]

for linux users, the tor project wiki provides a good way to do this https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor...arentProxy
skype doesnt run too well through tor in my experience, but it will run.. just dont expect to be able to do video calls

[spjallþráð]

It should be noted (because people often forget this bit for some reason) that you can only do this with TCP connections. Tor does not route UDP traffic. This is important for the Skype usecase as some of Skype's traffic is sent over UDP.

Also important to note is that you should configure the application to do its DNS requests over the proxy to prevent DNS leaks from giving away what you are at.

On linux, for quickly pushing applications through Tor that do not have built in proxy settings, tsocks, or proxychains is the way to go if you do not want to set up a transparent proxy.

Ideally though, for best security, you should just install Whonix and do all of your tor-i-fied stuff from inside the workstation after getting it set up. This way, there is no possibility of applications leaking data due to the forced routing over tor of traffic.

[pastezilla]

Hi, this is my first thread. Making it (and plan on making more) in an attempt to pull this place out of the ground.


In many cases, your VPN that you use may not be enough and you want to go an extra mile to keep yourself anonymous. Tor is one of the greatest things for this purpose, simply because it's virtually impossible to trace anything back to you after you've used it. VPNs on the other hand store logs and information that can be used to identify you (whether they tell you or not) and will readily hand that information to any federal agency who asks for it.

What you'll need for this tutorial -

• TorBrowser
  
• A program that allows you to configure a SOCKS5 proxy to use for internet connections
  

I'm going to be using Pidgin as an example program for this tutorial, since it's a widely used XMPP client and most people using it prefer to keep their identity hidden. However, this will work for any program that allows you to configure proxy settings.

1. Assuming you've downloaded and installed TorBrowser, open it. This starts the Tor service, initializing the proxy we'll need for later. Open it by clicking this -


2. Minimize TorBrowser (do not exit out of it) as we don't need the window, unless you want it open for some reason.

3. Open Pidgin

4. Click "Accounts" at the top of the "Buddy List" window


5. Click "Manage Accounts" in the dropdown box

6. If you already have an account, just select the account and click "Modify..." at the bottom. If you don't already have an account made, click "Add..." at the bottom. For the sake of the tutorial, I'll just be using "Add..." although it doesn't make a difference. If you are using "Modify..." then skip to step 8.


7 (if you are adding a new account). Enter your credentials and whatnot. If you are creating a new XMPP account on an XMPP server (basically if you don't already have an account registered), enter the domain for that server and tick the box next to "Create this new account on the server" at the bottom of the window.


8. Click on the "Proxy" tab in the "Add Account" window.


9. Click the "Proxy type:" dropdown menu and select "SOCKS 5" (NOT "Tor/Privacy (SOCKS5)")


10. In the "Host" field, enter "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" (either one works) and 9150 in the "Port" field, as that is the connection port for the local Tor proxy.


11. You are done. Click "Add" (if you are adding a new account) or "Save" (if you are modifying an already existing account).


12. Enjoy your privacy.

Again, this will work for anything that allows you to configure a proxy. You'll need to have TorBrowser running any time you connect if you actually want it to work and go through Tor.

>Tor
>Impossible for anything to be traced back

You don't know how tor works lol, your logic == if i connected to a node from a public college network and emailed someone a threat they couldn't see who accessed tor at that exact time and trace it back?

Your ISP can see when you use TOR, just not what you're doing on TOR.

[Megan]

>Tor
>Impossible for anything to be traced back

You don't know how tor works lol, your logic == if i connected to a node from a public college network and emailed someone a threat they couldn't see who accessed tor at that exact time and trace it back?

Your ISP can see when you use TOR, just not what you're doing on TOR.

Correct

This video explains how Tor users got caught rather nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ2OZKitRwc

[meow]

>Tor
>Impossible for anything to be traced back

You don't know how tor works lol, your logic == if i connected to a node from a public college network and emailed someone a threat they couldn't see who accessed tor at that exact time and trace it back?

Your ISP can see when you use TOR, just not what you're doing on TOR.

Gonna copy @Megan's reply method here.

I don't think you read it correctly. I didn't say "it's impossible", I said "it's virtually impossible", which are different. 2/10 you tried.

No, that's not my logic. Anyone who chooses to use Tor on a public, heavily monitored network like a college network for something like that is retarded and deserves to get caught. How anonymous you are on Tor depends on you, the user. If you're not careful enough and don't adapt to the correct browsing habits for staying anonymous, you will get caught. That statement has proven itself many times in the past. Otherwise, you're fine, which has also proven itself. About the "email" thing, how would they automatically know that the email was sent by someone on the campus network? And even if they did, you think they could just arrest someone that happened to be on Tor at the same time the email was sent? And this is the guy who is trying to call out my logic...

Is there something wrong with that somehow..? Lets say someone did something illegal while using Tor through their ISP. Once again, how would anyone know it came from that ISP's network? And once again again, you think they could arrest someone that happened to be connected to Tor at the time the illegal activity was committed? Furthermore, if they did happen to get caught, it wouldn't matter because most people doing dumb shit on Tor know how to get rid of any evidence on their computer after doing anything they know would put them in handcuffs.

I know you're upset because I gave you a neg rep and called you a faggot, but I think it's time to get past that. Okay honey?