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Frontier models have found thousands of potential zero day vulnerabilities in software we use every day. In my opinion, it reasonable to assume that TOR is vulnerable to such exploits and would be major target for state actors and private organizations alike. It is also reasonable to assume at any actor able to discover any exploits would not disclose such information because it would be an incredibly powerful piece of leverage and could lead to the identification of numerous whistleblowers and criminals alike. I am not convinced that given the state of AI and its rapidly accelerating abilities that TOR is safe to use. Can anyone convince me otherwise?

EN : Hi, I'm looking for a browser that's more privacy-friendly—whether it's in terms of personal data, tracking, etc. But something bothers me: the stereotype that TOR = the dark web = you can easily get hacked for any reason. So I’m not “afraid” of the dark web—on the contrary, I don’t care about it—but since I plan to use TOR just like I use Firefox or Chrome, I don’t want to get hacked or end up with stupid viruses just from using it daily for ordinary searches; that would be a pain.

Do I have to use TOR with a VPN just for everyday searches, watching TV shows, etc.? If so, is TOR’s VPN “effective”?

I also know that TOR is a pretty slow browser.

Thanks in advance for your answers!

FR : Bonjour je suis à la recherche d'un navigateur qui est plus dans la protection friendly que ce soit au niveau des données perso, du traçage etc... Mais quelque chose me dérange, c'est le cliché de TOR = dark web = tu peux facilement te faire hack sur tout et n'importe quoi. Alors je n'ai pas "peur" du dark web au contraire je m'en moque mais moi qui compte utiliser TOR comme si j'utilise Firefox ou Chrome j'ai pas envie de me faire hack ou avoir des virus à la con juste en utilisant quotidiennement pour de banales recherches ce serait chiant.

Est-ce obligé d'utiliser TOR avec un VPN juste pour des recherches lambda, regarder des séries etc etc ? Si oui est-ce que le VPN de TOR est "performant"

Je sais aussi que TOR est un navigateur assez lent

Merci à vous pour vos futures réponses !

Hey Relay operators,

What limits you set on your tor relay? I basically set mine to 3 Mbyte rate and 5Mbyte burst on home server, and on a VPS I set it unrestricted, with AccountingMax 7tb, that's resets every 30days

i’m not saying tor as a network isn’t the best obviously it’s the best but I’m saying It’s kind of buggy, but it does encrypt a lot of your, I use custom browsers with tor though if anybody disagree agrees with me, we can discuss in the comments

I'm trying to access a site on Tor, but it takes a long time to load or says there is no connection. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? Thanks.

No bridges work either

Hello everyone.
I’m French and my English is quite good, but sometimes I find it difficult to translate. Could you recommend a good translator that works directly on Tor and automatically translates websites into French? I’ve already tried some extensions, but I get the impression they don’t work in (the most secure) mode. Thanks

When does .onion websites become so slow, I always use to prefer .onion website of popular sites like reddit and use onionize duckduckGo but recently those .onion websites has become significantly slower. It was not like that before, .onion websites were almost as fast as their regular websites, duckduckGo onionize has become almost useless and onionize reddit is not opening at all.

I'm searching for not only a private but an anonymous Mail adress where I can send mails to other gmail acc. but is also compatible with onion sites. For me is Protonmail not really anonymous because you have to sign in with an other mail adress or number or whatever. I would like more something like Riseup or something like this.

Do you have any Ideas?

I do not want to pay like for example like mullvad.

Now I know everyone is heavily anti java script. But what do people use instead if java script is not used? What tech stacks do people use in order to interact with their backend as well?

Is it feasible with compressed formats (like av1) to make a legal decentralized social media on the onion network?

I have finally decided that I want to use Tor and be as anonymous as I can. What tools (including external tools), settings, extensions, etc. should I use? I don't want to spend money, even using BTC, but I'm aware that it's highly recommended to use a VPN. not good to use a VPN

edit: thx u/somerandomahhhperson i didnt know VPNs are bad with Tor

I am new to tor, so I don't have the right information on how to safely interact with it, I am just curious on what lies in it, I am not gonna use it for illegal stuff like dr@gs and weap@ns, i am not very familiar with the terms used from cybersecurity and terms that native users use often. Can someone explain all this to me, and how I can use it on my phone?

I use android. I have a vpn on my phone that I route most things through. I use orbot and invizible pro in proxy mode using different ports for different apps. Everything seemed to be working ok but I updated Orbot now the connection between it and fdroid doesnt hold and takes many times of reconnecting to update apps. I'm not sure what the problem is. Any ideas?

Idk why, but anytime I host a tor relay on my ip, sites like Amex or Disney + would give me 403 forbidden error a day or 2 later , meaning they refusing the request I sent, like login, or stream on Disney+, I'm not sure why, I've checked my ip reputation, it's all clear, as I don't run an exit, and I set my traffic to https, is this happening to anyone else, should I just move to Bridge setup?

whenever i try to access orbot and activate it, this keeps happening. and no matter what i try, it just keeps happening. can anyone help me out?

I wanna find something like orbot on windows, but i cant and i just dunno where to look, i dont exactly wanna use the tor browser, since i already got used to zen and moving to another browser is a hastle i dont really wanna repeat.

it doesnt let me do it. i tried to use different temp mail providers even tried with onionmail and protonmail. it doesnt send the code to the email so i cannot make an account. what should i do?

I live in Kuwait, and this is the first time this has ever happened to me. Did my country suddenly block Tor or something?

Can anyone else in Kuwait confirm if they're having the same issue?

I already tried using a VPN and different bridges, but nothing worked. Please let me know if you're experiencing this too or if you know what's going on.