i can certainly say that if i wanted to be a criminal and host tor exit nodes i wouldn't do it from my house regardless how many proxies i have tor connected to. local/share/applications you need a new blank text file name it Google Chrome sktop and paste: Once files are replaced restart privoxy and tor with commands from above. Systemctl disable privoxy > /etc/privoxy/config <<< and extract both files to /etc/privoxy (you can skip adding block-trackers.action it is my ads/tracking blocker based on ublock but haven't updated it in a while, still enough to block google These services will be run auto on start up so REBOOT after instal and copy filesl. Install these packages: privoxy, tor, tor-geoipdb, torsocks from synaptic If anyone wants to try this setup here are the steps to reproduce a working environment for chrome/privoxy/tor mint/19 This way you have control over where in the world you connect to a secure Internet server. You can use a reliable VPN provider like "Private Internet Access (PIA)" and change your local ISP network connection's DNS Server IP addresses to browse the Internet safely, securely, and with anonymity. I have also read that some of the Tor nodes (servers) have been compromised by various world wide authorities this may have been resolved in recent Tor updates though. Of course you can tell it to retry another Tor server too. This could end up showing you webpages in a language you do not understand. In addition to the Tor browser startup page, you can go to "" and other websites to verify that your main IP address and DNS server IP addresses are different then they usually are.Īs was already stated, there are a couple of disadvantages when using the Tor browser versus a secure VPN server connection in that you have no control over where in the world the connection to a Tor server takes place, and I think it changes every two hours or so. I rarely ever use Tor anymore because VPN service's are better for regular Internet use. I have used the Tor Browser many times before out of curiosity, and I do not think it is any slower or faster than the normal Firefox browser. Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/tor-browser
#Access tor browser ubuntu install
To install this using the PPA method, open a console terminal, type in, or copy & paste, each line below one by one:
#Access tor browser ubuntu software
You can install the Tor Browser in at least three different easy ways, from the Software Manager or Synaptic Package Manager (SPM) searching for and installing "torbrowser-launcher", or using the PPA below (I use this), or by just downloading the package from their website and extracting it, then copying the folder to your "/home" folder, then running the main program in that folder. The Tor Browser is supposed to provide anonymity for the user, so the user can surf (browse) the Internet without anyone knowing what they are doing, and it is one way to surf the "DarkNet" of websites that are not available except through certain networks like the Tor network.