Privacy
A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
Some Rules
- Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
- Don't promote proprietary software
- Try to keep things on topic
- If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
- Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
- Be nice :)
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much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
Good work. Don't be dismayed by downvotes - everything you do helps !
What is difference between onion and just regular tor?
for is a loop type used in programming onion is a type of a hidden website
Ha ha. Made edit to correct error.
When a regular website is visited through Tor Browser, Tor protects/anonymizes you as a user. If a website is hosted at an onion address, the web server is also protected by Tor, the same way as you are.
Is it kind of like having a proxy and a reverse proxy?
Not really. It's more similar to if the webserver was connected to the internet through a VPN with it's HTTP(S) port forwarded through the VPN. You connect to the VPN's IP address, which forwards to the webserver's IP which stays hidden. And you yourself are also connected to the internet through a (separate) VPN. Now, instead of a VPN connection, both you and the webserver are connected to the internet through Tor circuits.
This video does a good job of explaining how it works.
That's a good explanation. Thanks!
why the downvotes lol?
Probably because the post is a nothinburger. The ultra wealthy aren't on Lemmy to read the "threat".
well i agree it's pretty bland politically but if they manage to release some data that reveals how capitalism operates i'm for it even if the framework isn't the best. snowden is a liberal, but i am thankful he released the leak.
If there's not already enough data for someone to be convinced, more data isn't going to help. All the information people need is readily out there. What we lack is solidarity, community and movement building, and some slop video isn't going to help that.