Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor

To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor
From: John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:12:31 -0500
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Reply-to: jhasler@newsguy.com (John Hasler)
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20190328151732.GA11286@tuxteam.de> (tomas@tuxteam.de's message of "Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:17:32 +0100")
References: <[🔎] 482f047395f366df5bf8b7d8b6bdf988@rodier.me> <[🔎] 23bb672c-5f82-0bd3-7c29-a3b08b23dc79@slsware.net> <[🔎] 20190328151732.GA11286@tuxteam.de>

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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