Now, as far as anonymity goes, the warning you get from the tor browser bundle is essentially saying that by opening files outside of the browser, they can't protect you any more - they can't make any guarantees about what those files will do, and it's possible they will send your real IP back to some server somewhere.ĭownloading chrome over Tor, for instance, does not mean that chrome will be automatically protected through tor it will make requests to websites directly (unless you configure it differently), and the install process might even send a note to Google saying "hey, this person installed chrome". The way to solve this is to use https, in which case your connection to the website has an additional layer of encryption that will produce a large, obvious warning if someone tries to tamper with the response. Usually, the reason to be cautious about downloading executables over Tor is that the Tor network creates a man-in-the-middle scenario: the exit node can alter the download, or replace it entirely, so that you receive some sort of malware instead.
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