Re: [tor-talk] Will Tor affect Internet Explorer? (newbie question)

[cl34r <an0n102968@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Honestly, do yourself a favour and use either Torbrowser or Tails. Its much easier and much more secure.
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Best Regards,
cl34r

Gabrielle DiFonzo <catshark14@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>Okay. Now I'm officially confused.
>
>If I download Tor, can't I run it as a separate program from IE? Can I run the two programs separately, like the proverbial ships in the night?
>
>Can someone tell me exactly what it means to configure Tor through IE? Can't I configure it by itself and continue to use the two independently of each other?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Ritter <tom@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: tor-talk <tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2013 10:26 am
>Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Will Tor affect Internet Explorer? (newbie question)
>
>
>On Jul 11, 2013 11:41 PM, "cl34r" <an0n102968@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 07/11/2013 11:24 PM, Gabrielle DiFonzo wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>> Hi
>>
>>> I am currently running Windows 7 and my usual browser is Internet
>Explorer. If I download Tor, will I still be able to use Internet Explorer
>when I want to?
>>
>> You can configure Tor to with any browser. However, by doing this you are
>compromising anonymity.
>>
>>>   Will continuing to use IE compromise my Tor privacy?
>>
>> Yes. The best solution is to download Torbrowser from the Torproject
>website, or Tails at https://tails.boum.org. Not only do either of these
>solutions work out of the box (in most cases), they also preserve anonymity.
>>
>>> Will Tor affect my other programs in any way?
>>
>> Not unless you configure them to use Tor.
>
>Actually, to use Tor with IE, you have to set the system-wide proxy, which
>will affect the operating system and other applications.
>
>I don't know anyone who's ever looked at what will be sent through that,
>but I do know it will be a lot.  (Windows update traffic for example)
>
>For this reason, and others, I would really recommend against using IE with
>Tor.
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