Tor compatibility with MS

CooLDoG · Post Post #0 (ISO) » Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:14 pm

Sometimes I use the Tor browser and just now it said that my IP (which is a spoof of course) was permanently banned. I changed identities and it worked just fine.

I have also noted that it sometimes logs me out for no reason while using tor...

Should I stop using Tor with MS? Or is it ok?

Mr. Flay · Post Post #1 (ISO) » Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:49 pm

It's not advised. If you EVER do something questionable regarding identities, it will cast you in a bad light.

CooLDoG · Post Post #2 (ISO) » Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:25 am

You mean like avoiding a ban or inning the same game with alt accounts? I don't use tor to "cheat" websites.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #3 (ISO) » Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:36 am

Exactly. If you're using it to get around a school filter or something, mostly we don't care.

noraaa · Post Post #4 (ISO) » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:35 am

Yeah I tried to use it yesterday to see if I had *any* browsers MS would load on and got the same permanently banned IP message.

Honestly it makes sense that ms wouldn't want us being any more anon than the alts we find running around already are.. anonymity on a site like this isn't really useful.

CooLDoG · Post Post #5 (ISO) » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:07 am

In post 4, noraaa wrote:Yeah I tried to use it yesterday to see if I had *any* browsers MS would load on and got the same permanently banned IP message.

Honestly it makes sense that ms wouldn't want us being any more anon than the alts we find running around already are.. anonymity on a site like this isn't really useful.

That is because the "spoof" IPs were used before or are blacklisted due to spam. Just click change identity and it should work.

Quilford · Post Post #6 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:40 am

Oh man, this totally gave me a heart attack.

CooLDoG · Post Post #7 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:53 am

Says the Tor user

Tor is a great program. I carry it around on my USB flash drive everywhere I go. Most of the times I access MS with TOR is when I am somewhere other than home.

noraaa · Post Post #8 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:22 am

How does that work? I've considered the "need" to use Tor at the school library (that I'm signed into.. should I not use it?) but I don't understand how something installed on a drive could be used on the computer unless you install it there too, temporarily.

animorpherv1 · Post Post #9 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:26 am

In post 8, noraaa wrote:How does that work? I've considered the "need" to use Tor at the school library (that I'm signed into.. should I not use it?) but I don't understand how something installed on a drive could be used on the computer unless you install it there too, temporarily.

Same reason that you can put a word document on it and have it open on the computer.

CooLDoG · Post Post #10 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:21 pm

I don't know too much about this area of computers... but here goes anyway:

Basically the software is compatible with a bunch different hardware architectures out of the box. No need for specifics to be installed. Also all of the .dll files that it uses are probably packed with it. As well as no registry keys that need to be added.
Again, I'm probably wrong about how it works. Not my area of expertise.

Suffice to say that Tor works. I give you 100% probability that it will because I have used it on multiple computers with different OSs and hardware.

You will need to be allowed to run .exe files, however most likely you will have those privileges, seeing as you can run Firefox... Won't run on a mac or linux distro (unless you also have those installed to a key) for obvious reasons. I think even on the Tor website it says it will work off of a key. Worst that could happen is that it won't work (it will), so you might as well try.

http://portableapps.com/apps
A good site for other portable apps.

noraaa · Post Post #11 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:39 pm

In post 9, animorpherv1 wrote:
In post 8, noraaa wrote:How does that work? I've considered the "need" to use Tor at the school library (that I'm signed into.. should I not use it?) but I don't understand how something installed on a drive could be used on the computer unless you install it there too, temporarily.

Same reason that you can put a word document on it and have it open on the computer.

Not if that computer doesn't have word on it already, you can't. Exceptions being word-LIKE programs that read docx files.

noraaa · Post Post #12 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:40 pm

Cool thanks, CD.

quadz08 · Post Post #13 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:41 pm

noraaa, when you plug a flash drive into your system, it functions similarly to the hard drive built-in. Any programs that are installed on that drive would simply run from the flash drive, rather than from the main hard drive.

(That's my understanding of things; I've never studied it terribly in-depth or anything.)

noraaa · Post Post #14 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:49 pm

oooh that makes sense.

UberNinja · Post Post #15 (ISO) » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:15 pm

In post 13, quadz08 wrote:noraaa, when you plug a flash drive into your system, it functions similarly to the hard drive built-in. Any programs that are installed on that drive would simply run from the flash drive, rather than from the main hard drive.

(That's my understanding of things; I've never studied it terribly in-depth or anything.)

No, you're right. As long as you've installed it (or copied an installation perfectly) to the flash drive, that's how it works.

CooLDoG · Post Post #16 (ISO) » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:14 am

Right now I'm posting from tor off of my flash drive.

This doesn't work with all software though. It has been sort of hit and miss for me (mostly hit).