[image] Tor Browser’s Latest Update Could Get You Fingerprinted... In this video, I explain a major shift in the Tor Browser’s privacy architecture and why it’s a serious problem for anyone who values anonymity. With the rel... Spoiler: The change is the remo…

Regarding the well-meaning, but inaccurate claims in the video, we’re offering this clarification on how user agent protection works in Tor Browser. To support informed discussion, here’s what actually changed, and what hasn’t changed. We are still protecting user agents: Tor Browser has always lim…

Hello all, I saw a post pertaining to this topic back in November 2024, but unfortunately, I didn’t see any helpful solutions. Sam Bent just posted a video about this situation on his Youtube channel. In the comments on the video, he got into a big argument with a Tor Project developer. Sam’s su…

No, don’t rollback. I don’t like the new change (they should have spoofed js and htps headers instead) but for security-sensitive apps you don’t want to be on an outdated version.

Thanks very much, Encounter. I moved the control to the “safest” setting, then tested it with the EFF’s “cover my tracks” site. It said that because java script had been disabled, many other attack surfaces were unusable. So that was at least a good thing.

Maybe the better option is to use 3 chained VPNs from different providers? (One on a VPN router, the second on the host operating system, and the third on the guest operating system).

While the EFF website is good for some basic education, don’t mistake it for a comprehensive tool that compares to the actual capabilities of tracking companies. And chaining VPNs as an alternative to Tor? I guess depending on your threat model it could be an alternative for someone, but talking ab…

I’d rather remotely connect to a rented server so i don’t have to worry about vm escape vulnerabilities.

(Any decent OS will allow you to chain any number of VPN connections without the workarounds you mentioned btw.) May I ask how to chain VPNs on, for example, Windows? The only way I know is to use a virtual machine.

Thanks, Jonah. Sam Bent gave a good reply to the TorProject on his recent video.

Thanks for the explanation, Nahme.

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Marvin May 5, 2025, 2:11pm 34

Sorry, but I only know about Linux. GL-iNet makes VPN routers. That would be the first VPN. Then the host OS would be yoour second VPN. Then launch the virtual machine, and that would be the third VPN.

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