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this is sweet. it completly matches my 50/50 stance on the whole wire-tapping issue. if they're going to tap wires, they should AT LEAST have a reason to first. they don't have too TELL the person they're being wire tapped, just get a good reason, do it, bust some terrorists, everybody's happy. because let's all face it, the reason we dont want the government to see what we're doing is because we look up so much porn.
TOR is still in development .Its a great way to surf without leaving tracks. Its slow because people dont host enough servers. Visit their website and find out how to host one on you PC. You can set it up to only use so much bandwidth at a time and so on. Very custamizable. The timeouts you are getting is because the packets are taking too long to hit their server. As for their software, its done very nicely.
On Windows 95 and higher, just type ctrl+a, everything is selected, all colors inverted. Imagine that... Being able to turn off style sheets is one of my favorite things in FF.
@deboosher:Lets follow your reasoning through. Let's say another major terrorist attack occurs, but this time, the terrorists use a method similar to the Oklahoma City bombing (a truck was parcked at the building that exploded). Now, the government is saying that they need to know where all vehicles are located at all times to run complex matricies to prevent another attack. So now, every movement you make in your car is tracked. This cuts down on traffic violations, so you think "as long as I don't speed, I'm ok."And yet, this STILL does not prevent determined terrorists from attacking. Now, for your "protection," cameras are installed in every home, business, and street corner. Sure, more criminals are caught using this method, but now, you feel like you are watched all the time. I don't know about you, but there are non-criminal things I do that I don't necessarily want seen by the NSA.But, even these "protections" fail to protect us completly. Now, congress passes new laws to aid in protection. A mandatory curfew is set so that no one is on the streets at night or early morning unless they have a special pass given to those who work nights. People are limited to going within a 100 mile radius of their home. Any farther and you have to get govermental approval. Then, the goverment starts wondering if people are inciting others to attack. So, congress passes laws to restrict what you can say and do in your own home. Of course, with all the cameras, monitoring devices and such, all of this would be able to be monitored.Don't believe things will get this far? We have already taken some steps to get here. People are not worried about the NSA logging all of their calls. ISP's turn over customer information and websites they visit without warrants. Search engines turn over results to the government on a whim. The other hot button to rob us of privacy right now is Child Molesters. My own state of Louisiana is in the process of passing a measure to require all convicted pedophiles to carry a license that is a different color from everyone else. While you may say "that's ok, we can protect the children", you are wrong. The ones who plan to act again will not have to show their driver's licence to a child! If they want to get a job, they can use a fake ID. What if later it is determined that we need to identify all criminals with special licenses. What if we have a specific color whether we are republican or democrat? Gay or Straight? Married, Divorced, Widowed, or Single? What if, once new laws come into affect, YOU are a criminal?Call me a paranoid lunatic, a fanatic, or that this is all too extreme. That's fine. But we are on a slipperly slope right now, and the American public will blindly say "yes" to anything that (on the surface) will aid in protection from terrorists or pedophiles.
I'd just like point out one thing that everyone seems to be missing.Who was Tor developed by:Originally sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory, Tor became an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) project in late 2004.It was developed by the US government. This is a disturbing trend that seems to be linked to alot of security packages.For example SELINUX which is now included stock in all REDHAT OS's.Was developed by:The US National Security Agency, it was released to the open source development community on December 22, 2000.of course the whole idea behind open source is that you have the source is that you have the source so you can figure out exactly what it does. But that doesn't mean someone can't be crafty and design something that does something slightly different that it was intended for when coupled with other tools.My feeling is that when you are using a package that is developed by a gov. agency for anonymity it may not be anonymous or secure.Everyone knows that there are back doors the NSA build into windows and it would not be surprising at all to find out they were looking for anyway possible to backdoor a Linux server from its default install.
richpowersMay 28, 2006
I wish the article went into a little more depth instead of focusing on "FIGHT THE MAN, MAN!"How well do these programs work, anyway?
cresquinMay 31, 2006
You do understand that the NSA likely has the technology to quickly and efficiently break any encryption you throw at it.
cedrickJun 1, 2006
this is sweet. it completly matches my 50/50 stance on the whole wire-tapping issue. if they're going to tap wires, they should AT LEAST have a reason to first. they don't have too TELL the person they're being wire tapped, just get a good reason, do it, bust some terrorists, everybody's happy. because let's all face it, the reason we dont want the government to see what we're doing is because we look up so much porn.
sirsidJun 1, 2006
TOR is still in development .Its a great way to surf without leaving tracks. Its slow because people dont host enough servers. Visit their website and find out how to host one on you PC. You can set it up to only use so much bandwidth at a time and so on. Very custamizable. The timeouts you are getting is because the packets are taking too long to hit their server. As for their software, its done very nicely.
docxangoJun 1, 2006
On Windows 95 and higher, just type ctrl+a, everything is selected, all colors inverted. Imagine that... Being able to turn off style sheets is one of my favorite things in FF.
victorycigJun 1, 2006
Here, here. Well said, Streetstealth. Very plausible, indeed.
jloweJun 1, 2006
@deboosher:Lets follow your reasoning through. Let's say another major terrorist attack occurs, but this time, the terrorists use a method similar to the Oklahoma City bombing (a truck was parcked at the building that exploded). Now, the government is saying that they need to know where all vehicles are located at all times to run complex matricies to prevent another attack. So now, every movement you make in your car is tracked. This cuts down on traffic violations, so you think "as long as I don't speed, I'm ok."And yet, this STILL does not prevent determined terrorists from attacking. Now, for your "protection," cameras are installed in every home, business, and street corner. Sure, more criminals are caught using this method, but now, you feel like you are watched all the time. I don't know about you, but there are non-criminal things I do that I don't necessarily want seen by the NSA.But, even these "protections" fail to protect us completly. Now, congress passes new laws to aid in protection. A mandatory curfew is set so that no one is on the streets at night or early morning unless they have a special pass given to those who work nights. People are limited to going within a 100 mile radius of their home. Any farther and you have to get govermental approval. Then, the goverment starts wondering if people are inciting others to attack. So, congress passes laws to restrict what you can say and do in your own home. Of course, with all the cameras, monitoring devices and such, all of this would be able to be monitored.Don't believe things will get this far? We have already taken some steps to get here. People are not worried about the NSA logging all of their calls. ISP's turn over customer information and websites they visit without warrants. Search engines turn over results to the government on a whim. The other hot button to rob us of privacy right now is Child Molesters. My own state of Louisiana is in the process of passing a measure to require all convicted pedophiles to carry a license that is a different color from everyone else. While you may say "that's ok, we can protect the children", you are wrong. The ones who plan to act again will not have to show their driver's licence to a child! If they want to get a job, they can use a fake ID. What if later it is determined that we need to identify all criminals with special licenses. What if we have a specific color whether we are republican or democrat? Gay or Straight? Married, Divorced, Widowed, or Single? What if, once new laws come into affect, YOU are a criminal?Call me a paranoid lunatic, a fanatic, or that this is all too extreme. That's fine. But we are on a slipperly slope right now, and the American public will blindly say "yes" to anything that (on the surface) will aid in protection from terrorists or pedophiles.
Closed AccountJun 4, 2006
i got it to work just fine.
Closed AccountJun 4, 2006
You are right about the plugin. I mistook it for the gaim-e plugin.
thkfceblkhrtAug 14, 2006
I'd just like point out one thing that everyone seems to be missing.Who was Tor developed by:Originally sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory, Tor became an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) project in late 2004.It was developed by the US government. This is a disturbing trend that seems to be linked to alot of security packages.For example SELINUX which is now included stock in all REDHAT OS's.Was developed by:The US National Security Agency, it was released to the open source development community on December 22, 2000.of course the whole idea behind open source is that you have the source is that you have the source so you can figure out exactly what it does. But that doesn't mean someone can't be crafty and design something that does something slightly different that it was intended for when coupled with other tools.My feeling is that when you are using a package that is developed by a gov. agency for anonymity it may not be anonymous or secure.Everyone knows that there are back doors the NSA build into windows and it would not be surprising at all to find out they were looking for anyway possible to backdoor a Linux server from its default install.