"Just FYI, it appears there is a bug in wget while using a proxy that allows wget to be forced to use the FTP port and thereby unmask the user's IP (normal usage) or at least leak the user's network adapter IP (in TAILS)."
- Comment @Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/3hc02l/how_can_i_download_webm_videos_longer_than_30/cu6yzv5
https://archive.is/3YYo0
- Original discovery of bug @lists.gnu.org:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2015-08/msg00020.html
https://archive.is/Ah3Pg
- Reported to TAILS project development list (tails-dev):
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009370.html
https://archive.is/nPi5h
- First response @tails-dev
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009383.html
https://archive.is/derHC
Another bug in wget has been discussed on Soylentnews in the past.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @09:37AM
Power and money. But I say that privacy and anonymity are good things in and of themselves. Even if no malicious people existed, I would still desire them.