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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: hitit on July 27, 2013, 04:19 am

Title: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: hitit on July 27, 2013, 04:19 am
Hello All  :)

I am still new here and am looking to upgrade to Tails in the near future. I am currently using Tor with bridge relays in place so I'm not connected directly to the public Tor network. Apparently this prevents somebody watching your internet traffic from knowing you're using Tor..

My question is does Tails automatically prevent this record of Tor from being logged in your internet traffic or do you need to configure it to do so? Is this even possible?

Any help anyone can give would be absolutely awesome.

Thanks Guys  :D
Title: Re: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: Jack N Hoff on July 27, 2013, 04:20 am
No ;D


Use a VPN if you are trying to hide your TOR usage from your ISP. ::)
Title: Re: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: hitit on July 27, 2013, 06:17 am
@Jack N Hoff

Ok so tails + VPN sounds like the way to go then. Thanks for the help mate!
Title: Re: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: jampants on July 27, 2013, 12:29 pm
Be very careful picking out a VPN provider. Most are utter shit and will role over to LE at the first sign of trouble.

The good ones I can count on one hand. Do a lot of research and start here http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2013-edition-130302/ and read in between the lines carefully before making your choice.
Title: Re: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: hitit on July 28, 2013, 03:19 am
Thanks jampants for the tip! I had no idea how untrustworthy most of them were! Big ups to you my friend  :D
Title: Re: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: astor on July 28, 2013, 03:22 am
You can use bridges to hide your Tor use.

OpenVPN doesn't work on Tails, but some routers support it. If you can setup the VPN on your router, that will work too.
Title: Re: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: hitit on July 28, 2013, 06:55 am
@astor

Yeah thanks for the help champ! I just found out you can use a 'bridge mode' with Tails so I think that is the way I am going to go!

Thanks for all the assistance everyone :)
Title: Re: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: jampants on July 28, 2013, 11:30 am
Quote from: astor on July 28, 2013, 03:22 am
You can use bridges to hide your Tor use.

OpenVPN doesn't work on Tails, but some routers support it. If you can setup the VPN on your router, that will work too.

Why are they so against OpenVPN? I would of thought anything that add's security and plausible deniaibility would be encouraged by the developers.
Title: Re: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: aussiepp on July 28, 2013, 11:36 am
Sub'n due to interest.
Title: Re: Tails - does it prevent a record of your tor usage in your internet traffic?
Post by: weed4me6969 on July 28, 2013, 01:42 pm
Quote from: Jack N Hoff on July 27, 2013, 04:20 am
No ;D


Use a VPN if you are trying to hide your TOR usage from your ISP. ::)


Hey guys, i purchased a vpn from sniffsniff, and am having problems with it.  The username and password work fine, but everytime i try to connect using the vyprvpn, it says error 749:internal error...I went to a couple websites for help, and followed the process of trying to set it up in the network tab on the comp, and that did not even work...anyone know what the f%$# is going on???

I really want to improve my anonymity with this asap, and if i would have known it would have been this difficult, i would never have purchased it. DAMNITT!