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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Wamson on August 09, 2013, 01:35 am

Title: security concerns
Post by: Wamson on August 09, 2013, 01:35 am
I have a few security questions...

Question 1) I am running tails Live now, though I haven't yet created a persistent feature (or know what that is yet). When I try to access SR or clearnet, i get a warning saying that my information can easily be read by a 3rd party. Is this normal? If not what can I do to create a secure connection? It also says failed to synchrnize clock which it mentioned was very important when using TOR..

Question 2) Lets say that I was using windows, and like an idiot typed in SR address before tor.check even loaded during the security breach. This might have even happened a few times.

Am I still at huge risk even though I never used/visited tormail or anything besides SR?
What exactly happens(ed)(ing) to my computer besides my MAC address/IP address being sent to Virginia. Where they logging my keystrokes?
Is my identity compromised (IP?)
Should I destroy my computer?
Should I automatically clear house?
Title: Re: security concerns
Post by: joolz on August 09, 2013, 01:42 am
using this is a huge risk   :o
Title: Re: security concerns
Post by: tanamon on August 09, 2013, 04:35 am
I have a few security questions...

Question 1) I am running tails Live now, though I haven't yet created a persistent feature (or know what that is yet). When I try to access SR or clearnet, i get a warning saying that my information can easily be read by a 3rd party. Is this normal? If not what can I do to create a secure connection? It also says failed to synchrnize clock which it mentioned was very important when using TOR..

That's a standard warning by the Iceweasel browser, because you are using http to access SR, so it thinks the connection is unencrypted, but it's really encrypted end to end by Tor. You can ignore that warning.

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Question 2) Lets say that I was using windows, and like an idiot typed in SR address before tor.check even loaded during the security breach. This might have even happened a few times.

check.torproject.org has been wrong a lot of times, but Tor has never failed to start for me. I don't think it's a problem.