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Re: [tor-talk] tor + twitter issues
Twitter uses IP address as a factor to detect "abnormal activities" just
like Google sometimes gives us some CAPTCHA...maybe we need more exit nodes
2015-09-21 1:18 GMT+08:00 Tempest <tempest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> XiaoLan (åè):
> > use virtual phone number to verify...
> > 1. register a free trial virtual phone number and forward to SIP
> > 2. use this phone number to register Google Voice
> > 3. use google voice number to active Twitter account...
>
> the problem with such a solution is that it will be overly complex for
> twitter users who need tor. google is not exactly tor friendly either
> when it comes to creating an account. plus, without taking steps with a
> properly configured vm set up, registering for the free number and
> forwarding it to a sip provider would likely result in them breaking
> their anonymity.
>
> i'm not concerned for my account. using a variation on the method
> described above, i can get around it easy enough. my concern is
> twitter's new systematic approach that seems to be locking a number of
> twitter accounts over the past 37 days. people shouldn't have to use a
> complicated sip chain just to continue using twitter with tor.
>
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> fingerprint - 63C4 E106 AC6A 5F2F DDB2 3840 2A49 578A 7291 BB34
>
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