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Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor

From John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor
Date 2019-03-28 17:20 +0100
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tomas writes:
> No. Because the least Google track is your IP address. It is true that
> Tor is meant to obscure your IP address, but "trackers", in your use
> of the word, are mostly Javascript code snippets (sometimes invisible
> images and things like that) made to convince your browser to betray
> you. And it'll betray you even through Tor.

But JS trackers are easily blocked by simply disallowing JS.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor André Rodier <andre@rodier.me> - 2019-03-28 08:20 +0100
  Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor ghe <ghe@slsware.net> - 2019-03-28 15:30 +0100
    Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-28 16:20 +0100
      Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-28 17:20 +0100
        Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor André Rodier <andre@rodier.me> - 2019-03-28 18:30 +0100
          Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 20:50 +0100
      Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor ghe <ghe@slsware.net> - 2019-03-28 23:20 +0100
  Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor Jonathan Sélea <jonathan@selea.se> - 2019-03-29 12:00 +0100

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