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Re: [tor-talk] Is using player like VLC safe alternative to Flash?



On 08.05.2013 10:58, Moritz Bartl wrote:
>> Question of playing Flash vids comes up constantly & explanation given
>> of why it can compromise anonymity in Tor Browser.
> Additionally to what Tom Ritter wrote: If you want to be safe, convert
> the .flv to a "real" video format first. I would say a toolchain like
> ffmpeg -> h264, and then VLC to play it, is safer than directly playing
> the .flv.

I just learned that that statement is crap, because flash video is just
a video format like the others.

-- 
Moritz Bartl
https://www.torservers.net/
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