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Re: "Practical onion hacking: finding the real address of Tor clients"



Matej Kovacic wrote:
> Maybe it is a stupid question, but why Tor does not create a virtual
> network card and passes all the traffic through it?

The traffic itself is usually what leaks your IP address.  Tor isn't
responsible for making sure that the data your applications send doesn't
contain identifying information.

 - Tim McCormack