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Re: [tor-bugs] #2870 [Vidalia]: Security breach? Windows version always goes through same 'suspected' USA servers
#2870: Security breach? Windows version always goes through same 'suspected' USA
servers
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Reporter: Al | Owner: chiiph
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Tor Browser Bundle for Windows
Component: Vidalia | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by Al):
I gave all the info; extract aan bout "what makes the relays 'suspected'":
* suddenly could not connect anymore with Tor to torproject.org, all of my
email accounts, google.com, news.google.com, ixquick.com.
* I noticed I suddenly had new USA servers I hadn't had before, like
BADASSx, Blackbox x, FordmodelA/x.
* I tried to click them away, but it was like a virus and same or similar
names returned at the same speed.
* I used Tor for a few months before on a daily base and had never seen
this type of errors.
"But yes":
I can connect to the mentioned sites through Tor
Conspiracy:
That is the definition about what humans do when they are together and not
all exactly the same: There are a lot of servers from a lot of different
individuals, groups and also gov related in one way or the other. I can
understand that maybe a lot suddenly have blocked some services to free
load for China and Africa, but it also blocks my anonymity using my email
and looking for specific news. Maybe it is on ISP level in (parts of)
Mexico. Maybe its another program in my compu that suddenly does this,
maybe without conspiracy. I don't know.
Follow-up:
After I changed to the USB Tor browser bundle *without* IM, the obliged
servers BADASSx, Fordmodelx, Blackbox x, are gone. Well not always, but if
one of them shows up, I finally *can* click them away (terminate) and
another server shows up.
Still the problem remains with some important sites I can't reach through
Tor *on Windows*; now I can change many servers with the different browser
bundle, that second problem might not to be server related. So I suspect
something in Windows is triggering that second part. In Linux I can mostly
reach the websites that seem to be blocked in Windows (only blocked when
using Tor). I will re-try one of these days in my Linux install on the
same compu, to see if the situation has changed.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/2870#comment:3>
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