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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: nomoreintl on August 13, 2013, 04:43 am

Title: how do I hide that I used tor on my computer?
Post by: nomoreintl on August 13, 2013, 04:43 am
i need to make it so noone can see that i used tor on here. someone please tell me how.
Title: Re: how do I hide that I used tor on my computer?
Post by: cheeto69 on August 13, 2013, 04:53 am
Do you mean you need to erase any Tor related files on your computer, or that you want to hide all Tor web traffic?

If you want to erase Tor related files, use the program Eraser to delete your Tor Browser folder. You can find it here (CLEARNET): http://eraser.heidi.ie/

If you want to hide Tor web traffic, use a VPN.
Title: Re: how do I hide that I used tor on my computer?
Post by: astor on August 13, 2013, 05:02 am
The only way to erase all evidence of the browser bundle is to write random data over the entire hard drive.

Here are the traces that TBB leaves behind on Windows after you delete the folders it was extracted to:

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=148291.msg1152452#msg1152452

That's what we know about based on one analysis. There may be other traces on other setups.

Check if your hard drive has the ATA Secure Erase feature and use that to perform a full disk wipe. If it doesn't have that feature, download DBAN and use that to perform at least one random write over the whole drive.

Then reinstall Windows. It will still be obvious that you reinstalled Windows.
Title: Re: how do I hide that I used tor on my computer?
Post by: kybzmsrf on August 13, 2013, 07:36 am
using sandboxie to run the browser bundle should effectively keep it from changing data on your system.
Title: Re: how do I hide that I used tor on my computer?
Post by: sourman on August 13, 2013, 09:05 am
I'm going to go with astor on this one. Unless your hard drive is securely encrypted, the only way to hide tor use from a sophisticated attacker is to wipe the entire drive via software such as DBAN, or the ATA secure erase command if your hard drive supports it--see the drive manufacturer's website, they should have diagnostic toolkits available for download that will allow you to initiate a secure wipe.

Most any OS, and especially Windows, leaves behind way too many artifacts for a simple "evidence cleaner" type program to get rid of. If your freedom is possibly at stake, just wipe the whole drive and call it a day.
Title: Re: how do I hide that I used tor on my computer?
Post by: RaFaeL5 on August 13, 2013, 10:15 am
Quote from: sourman on August 13, 2013, 09:05 am
I'm going to go with astor on this one. Unless your hard drive is securely encrypted, the only way to hide tor use from a sophisticated attacker is to wipe the entire drive via software such as DBAN, or the ATA secure erase command if your hard drive supports it--see the drive manufacturer's website, they should have diagnostic toolkits available for download that will allow you to initiate a secure wipe.

Most any OS, and especially Windows, leaves behind way too many artifacts for a simple "evidence cleaner" type program to get rid of. If your freedom is possibly at stake, just wipe the whole drive and call it a day.

exactly!
If anything smells too fishy: walk away - if needed smash your computer to pieces and then walk away