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Ars Technica recently reviewed two "Tor routers", devices that are supposed to improve your privacy by routing all traffic through the Tor anonymity network. Although the initial release of Anonabox proved woefully insecure, the basic premise itself is flawed. Using these instead of the Tor Browser Bundle is bad: less secure and less private than simply not using these "Tor Routers" in the first place. They are, in a word, EPICFAIL.
There are four possible spies on your traffic when you use these Tor "routers", those who can both see what you do and potentially attack your communication: your ISP, the websites themselves, the Tor exit routers, and the NSA with its 5EYES buddies.
Now it's true that these devices do protect you against your ISP. And if your ISP wants to extort over $30 per month for them to not spy on you, this does offer protection. But if you want protection from your ISP, just use a VPN service or run your own VPN using Amazon EC2 ($9.50/month plus $.09/GB bandwidth for a t2 micro instance). These services offer much better performance and equal privacy. At the same time, if your ISP wants to extort your privacy, choose a different ISP.
(Score: 2, Disagree) by jasassin on Monday April 20 2015, @06:35AM
Really? Really? Really... I wish I had one tiny hit of the shit you're smoking. Yeah everyone set up your own DNS let's all have fun!!!! What a joke.
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(Score: 2) by fnj on Monday April 20 2015, @09:56AM
What the hell is your malfunction? Go back to your coloring book. The rest of us have no problem at all setting up caching DNS on a Beagle Bone or right on our desktop or laptop.
(Score: 2) by jasassin on Monday April 20 2015, @09:02PM
Fine. If you would, please explain to me what you are using this DNS for? This is a serious question. I'm not being a dick. I just can't see a reason for it. If you are waiting for your ISP's DNS and that's your reason, your ISP is busted. Unless you own a block of addresses, I really see no purpose.
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(Score: 1, Redundant) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 20 2015, @10:23AM
Maybe if you stop smoking bad shit, you can follow these rather simple instructions, and set up your own DNS server. It only requires an IQ of about - ohhhh - about 85, I imagine. A STUPID person probably can't do it without a tutor holding his hand, but a modestly obtuse person with a little dedication can do it.
http://www.aboutdebian.com/dns.htm [aboutdebian.com]