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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: jesslaka on March 13, 2013, 03:01 am

Title: question about security after tor update
Post by: jesslaka on March 13, 2013, 03:01 am
Hi there,

I am new to silk road and have a question regarding my security and anonymity on SR.  So I downloaded the new browser bundle and all worked well except for that after the installation I noticed that when I went to the silk road site I saw a grey globe in the address bar and then the site address as silkroadvb5piz3r.onion without the http:// part.  Is this normal?  I honestly can't remember if the address has always done this or if it was something that happened after the installation.  When I click on the grey globe it says that my connection to this website is not encrypted and then when I hit the more information button it shows (under the general tab) that the website identity is http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/.

Can anyone shed some light into whether or not this all looks normal?  I all worried my computer is unsafe now...

Thanks!