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| From | André Rodier <andre@rodier.me> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor |
| Date | 2019-03-28 18:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <xGH0J-8sk-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 2019-03-28 16:12, John Hasler wrote: > 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. Thanks, I have not seen any valid reason to download packages over tor, neither to use the apt-transport-tor package. Kind regards, André
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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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