[or-cvs] r19524: {website} Suggest FlashBlock or Noscript for people that really want t (website/trunk/torbutton/en)

[mikeperry@xxxxxxxx]

Author: mikeperry
Date: 2009-05-15 21:18:06 -0400 (Fri, 15 May 2009)
New Revision: 19524

Modified:
   website/trunk/torbutton/en/faq.wml
Log:

Suggest FlashBlock or Noscript for people that really want to
use plugins via Tor.



Modified: website/trunk/torbutton/en/faq.wml
===================================================================
--- website/trunk/torbutton/en/faq.wml	2009-05-16 01:05:29 UTC (rev 19523)
+++ website/trunk/torbutton/en/faq.wml	2009-05-16 01:18:06 UTC (rev 19524)
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
 href="http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5162138&messageID=9618376";>local
 IP address</a>, and <a
 href="http://epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html";>storing their own
-cookies</a>. It is possible to use a LiveCD or VMWare-based solution such as
+cookies</a>. It is possible to use a LiveCD or VMWare-based solution such as 
+<a href="https://www.torproject.org/torvm/";>TorVM</a> or 
 <a href="http://anonymityanywhere.com/incognito/";>Incognito</a> that creates a
 secure, transparent proxy to protect you from proxy bypass, however issues
 with local IP address discovery and Flash cookies potentially remain.
@@ -83,9 +84,17 @@
 
 If you are not concerned about being tracked by these sites (and others that
 try to unmask you by pretending to be them), and are unconcerned about your
-local censors noticing you visit them, you can enable plugins by going into the
-Torbtuton Preferences-&gt;Security Settings-&gt;Dynamic Content tab and
-unchecking "Disable plugins during Tor usage" box.
+local censors noticing you visit them, you can enable plugins by going into
+the Torbtuton Preferences-&gt;Security Settings-&gt;Dynamic Content tab and
+unchecking "Disable plugins during Tor usage" box. If you do do this without
+TorVM, Incognitio or appropriate firewall rules, we strongly suggest you at
+least use <a
+href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433";>FlashBlock</a> or <a
+href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722";>NoScript</a> along
+with <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623";>Better
+Privacy</a> to block unwanted plugins and their cookies. Neither of these are
+foolproof protection against proxy bypass and 
+<a href="http://decloak.net";>unmasking</a>, but you will at least be better off.
 
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