Activists unveil stealth browser (Firefox based) :)

[wakeme2008]

http://news.com.com/Activists+unveil+stealth+browser/2100-1032_3-6118547.html?tag=nefd.top
Activists unveil stealth browser

By Matthew Broersma
http://news.com.com/Activists+unveil+stealth+browser/2100-1032_3-6118547.html

Story last modified Fri Sep 22 11:36:00 PDT 2006


Hacktivismo, a group of human-rights advocates and computer security experts, has released a Firefox-based browser designed to allow anonymous Web surfing.

The Web browser, called "Torpark," is a modified version of Portable Firefox. Released last week, it can be run directly from a USB drive, meaning it can be used on public terminals in cybercafes. It creates an encrypted connection to the TOR (The Onion Router) network, which supplies a succession of different IP addresses.

"Torpark causes the IP address seen by the Web site to change every few minutes, to frustrate eavesdropping and mask the requesting source," Hacktivismo said in a statement.

For example, a user could be in London and Web sites would see an IP address from a university in Germany, or other addresses belonging to the TOR network.

..more at link....

[truthisfreedom]

1. the US military uses TOR to evade being traced. if it's good enough for

the US military, it must be good. 8^)

[Occulus]

7. BWAAAA

Oh, this is good news.

[brooklynite]

27. And how will you feel...

when the Justice Department comes knocking on your door because someone was surfing a "questionable" website, and the program mimics your ip address?

[truthisfreedom]

29. as far as i understand, it has a limited list of IPs that it can use, all

volunteers to the TOR network.

[gorbal]

9. OK THAT"S scary.

If the US military got there first, they must know more about it than we do.

[hunter]

33. The Office of Naval Research originally developed it.

That doesn't make it a bad thing.

(One would like to believe our military hasn't all been assimilated by the dark side... :scared: )

My own gut feeling is that the internet is much more transparent to government agencies than any of us would like to believe. Onion routing is a screen that keeps the biting flys out, but it won't protect you from home invasions.

To put it another way, if your secret agency has the ability to watch both ends of the pipe, it really doesn't matter how things are routed in between.

http://www.onion-router.net/History.html

[NVMojo]

2. already downloaded it, works like Firefox

put it on a jump drive so I could use it anywhere else.

You can get to a good dowload release here at Geeks are Sexy blog:

http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/09/torpark-totally-anonymous-and-portable.html

[Vidar]

3. Very cool. Thanks.

[threadkillaz]

4. deleted

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[lonestarnot]

5. Interesting

[hunter]

6. I'm looking at sites calling for the overthrow of the Bush Administration.

This November we will hog-tie them with a Democratic House, and in 2008 we will throw these rat bastards and cockroaches entirely out of our White House.

I hope Bush has to exile himself to Dubai in shame. Maybe he can hire some nice party-boys there and live happily ever after.

Hey wait, is there something wrong with that?

:P

I hate spy vs. spy. It only encourages the cowardly little worms of this world. If you live in the United States you are supposed to be free. Stand tall and say "Yeah, I was looking at that. Ooooweeeee...damn, that guy is HOT!"

:woohoo:

From where I'm sitting, if I could think of a practical use for this I might use it, but for now I can't. I'm not the sort of person who signs right back up with a new screen name and a different IP address after I've been banned from a place.

[alfredo]

12. Tor clients do slow down surfing, so it may not be good for

us dial up users.

I'm not paranoid enough to start using it.

I've had a file at the FBI since 1965, if I haven't been taken for a ride in a black sedan by now, chances are they are not interested in me and my activities.

[VegasWolf]

13. Your dialup is already so slow that you couldn't even notice the extra

server hops. They happen at T1 speeds.

[alfredo]

14. OK. I might have to give a Tor Client a try.

I'm downloading it now.

[VegasWolf]

17. Cool, let me know, I'm curious! Good luck!

[alfredo]

22. I have to use a free standing client because I am on a Mac.

When I get back from precinct walking I will play with it.

[NoodleyAppendage]

26. You're missing the point. No need to be paranoid to support freedom.

The more people who use this tool the less relevant Gonzales' push to database our Net habits becomes.

J

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. Couldn't it be useful in deterring spyware?

I get spam that weirds me out sometimes...Spam that uses words like "rehearsal" and "orchestra" in the subject line. It's clearly designed to bait me, personally, into reading their crap.

[VegasWolf]

21. I went to a fundie website once to see what absurd claims that they

were making about Creationism. Now I receive at least 3 spam mails a day offering me a "Christian" home mortgage. Fortunately, I have a very good spam filter.

[wiley]

31. Love that Melanie sig line

Can you figure out where those sites are located?

[Kolesar]

32. I suppose that "they" could figure out who you are & ruin your credit

Or plant false information that you were connected to a crime or soliciting a minor. Call me paranoid.

[Tellurian]

8. Thanks wm 08

I love good old American ingenuity.

[formercia]

11. You would be surprised to find

that people from all over the World work on open-source software for free. This is the real New World Order. Real worldwide democracy and sharing of resources.

This is not the New World Order envisioned by bush gang.

[dkofos]

10. Outstanding Hope it runs on Linux

I won't go back to windoze

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. If it's Firefox based

Then it certainly runs on Linux...

[BadgerKid]

19. Got linux working

following the instructions at tor.eff.org. I had to rebuild tor for my version of redhat, but I could use the DAG repository packages for privoxy and libevent. Consider getting the Torbutton firefox extension.

Browsing is significantly slower. I ran into cookie problems trying to post this message to DU with Tor enabled. It appears Tor would be great for general browsing on an as needed basis.

[BelgianMadCow]

36. same cookie problems for me

dang

[MGD]

15. I used to run Ghost surf which does the same thing and more.

It seemed pretty decent. I could definitely detect a slow down when I adjusted the security level to the highest setting and at least one conservative web site that I was banned from wouldn't allow me access when I was running the router; however, when I disengaged the router, I had complete access and was able to log into the site with a new username which I couldn't do before I bought the program. I've recently changed my IP the old fashioned way (new state, new computer, new provider) so I'm not running it anymore.

[VegasWolf]

16. Another big advantage is the reduction in spam. All these web sites

that track your IP and them pummel you with spam mailings just because you visited their sites are thwarted.

[libnnc]

23. is there a way to transfer my bookmarks?

I'm using Firefox now

[ooglymoogly]

24. wow this is something to recommend and bookmark

[NoodleyAppendage]

25. Got it. Will use it. F' you, Gestapo chief Gonzales.

I encourage any and all to download and use the program. This program effectively thwarts Gonzales' push to have ISPs database individuals' Internet behavior.

Freedom!

J

[Clarkie1]

28. Does it work on a mac? nt

[Sam Odom]

35. What's a mac ??

:)

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

30. Cool -- downloading (although they should have called it Torgo)

[Omphaloskepsis]

34. I would go this route..

install TOR..
http://tor.eff.org/

Install Firefox extension..
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2275/


Same shit, less shit..