Something very important to know in your threat model if you use Tor Browser on Windows:
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Something very important to know in your threat model if you use Tor Browser on Windows:
By default it installs to your Desktop folder, which is by default mirrored to OneDrive at Microsoft. Microsoft has access to your OneDrive content for cybersecurity analysis via privacy carve outs. The Tor folder contains sensitive content.
The solution is to install at root of
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Something very important to know in your threat model if you use Tor Browser on Windows:
By default it installs to your Desktop folder, which is by default mirrored to OneDrive at Microsoft. Microsoft has access to your OneDrive content for cybersecurity analysis via privacy carve outs. The Tor folder contains sensitive content.
The solution is to install at root of
drive.@GossiTheDog People install Tor to their machine? I've never installed it on anything other than a dedicated encrypted flash drive
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@GossiTheDog People install Tor to their machine? I've never installed it on anything other than a dedicated encrypted flash drive
I thought one should have a separate little laptop for tor and all of those things? Ideally a laptop not bought online.
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I thought one should have a separate little laptop for tor and all of those things? Ideally a laptop not bought online.
I usually run it in a partition I don't really use except for games, which is a stripped down Windows install and I make sure everything is logged out and closed completely.
But yes, a separate device would be another layer of safety. I *personally* don't find it necessary, but your use case may differ greatly from mine.
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I usually run it in a partition I don't really use except for games, which is a stripped down Windows install and I make sure everything is logged out and closed completely.
But yes, a separate device would be another layer of safety. I *personally* don't find it necessary, but your use case may differ greatly from mine.
It's overkill for what I use it for, which is just to know how it works. Just In Case.
