kind of pointless using Tor to access a site that has all your personal information on it.
What personal information exists in facebook?
Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
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Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#22Has anybody tried asking Facebook why they've done this? Possible reasons: 1. One or more governments (which ones?) have told Facebook to block Tor or else. (Or else what?) 2. A manual security review revealed more hacking attempts via Tor than legitimate use, so Facebook decided to block Tor. 3. After a sustained hacking attack via Tor, an automated Facebook security system automatically blocked Facebook access from…
It doesn't matter why.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not true. It redirects to https://encrypted.google.com/ and works just fine.
True, sorta. In my past experiences, if you're on tor (or proxy'd through a known portal), and have Javascript disabled entirely, Google will sometimes (not always) give you an error stating that your IP is a known abuser. If you DO have JS enabled, I have encountered the "Your IP is known to be abusive, so type in this captcha in order to continue" and then it forwards to encrypted.google.com. I get similiar behavio…
To be fair it's quite likely your IP has been abusive. There aren't that many exit nodes and it doesn't seem unlikely that a lot of Tor users have suspicious or malicious behavior.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not true. It redirects to https://encrypted.google.com/ and works just fine.
True, sorta. In my past experiences, if you're on tor (or proxy'd through a known portal), and have Javascript disabled entirely, Google will sometimes (not always) give you an error stating that your IP is a known abuser. If you DO have JS enabled, I have encountered the "Your IP is known to be abusive, so type in this captcha in order to continue" and then it forwards to encrypted.google.com. I get similiar behavio…
I never realized that turning on/off noscript had something to do with google blocking me, thanks.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not true. It redirects to https://encrypted.google.com/ and works just fine.
True, sorta. In my past experiences, if you're on tor (or proxy'd through a known portal), and have Javascript disabled entirely, Google will sometimes (not always) give you an error stating that your IP is a known abuser. If you DO have JS enabled, I have encountered the "Your IP is known to be abusive, so type in this captcha in order to continue" and then it forwards to encrypted.google.com. I get similiar behavio…
TOR/SSH Tunnel + startpage.com + Stylish extension + Startpage Google Look = hehe ;)
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#26Has anybody tried asking Facebook why they've done this? Possible reasons: 1. One or more governments (which ones?) have told Facebook to block Tor or else. (Or else what?) 2. A manual security review revealed more hacking attempts via Tor than legitimate use, so Facebook decided to block Tor. 3. After a sustained hacking attack via Tor, an automated Facebook security system automatically blocked Facebook access from…
The article simply states the issue. Its not up to the writer to come up with excuses for facebook, which if you are really hot on bad journalists you would rightly write off a mere speculation. Its up to facebook to explain their position. If their excuse turns out to be a reasonable reason, then lets hear it.
It's up to the journalist to investigate and find out why Facebook is doing this so he can write a more complete story.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#27news.ycombinator does this too. edit: at least for me, it's impossible to log in to HN and when I occasionally succesfully log im, everything I post while being on Tor is instantly dead.
I've noticed this too in the past week, for me HN won't even load so i need to either use a regular browser or read another news site.
Personally I think its shameful if this is being done intentionally
EDIT: Right now it seems to be fine
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#28this means that facebook do not care about the fat of its users, as now thousands of activists in tyrant regimes might risk their identities be found and that means they will go to jail.
Facebook is supposed to be a site where you use your real identity and therefore seems like a bad choice for activists trying to keep their identity hidden. Twitter seems like a better solution which is still mainstream and the public nature of it makes it easier to communicate with the outside world.
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#29this means that facebook do not care about the fat of its users, as now thousands of activists in tyrant regimes might risk their identities be found and that means they will go to jail.
what exactly forces them to use Facebook instead of something remotely private and secure?
I imagine the very reason some people are using TBB is to browse sites like facebook which are blocked otherwise.
Re: Facebook is Blocking Connections from Tor Network
#30Has anybody tried asking Facebook why they've done this? Possible reasons: 1. One or more governments (which ones?) have told Facebook to block Tor or else. (Or else what?) 2. A manual security review revealed more hacking attempts via Tor than legitimate use, so Facebook decided to block Tor. 3. After a sustained hacking attack via Tor, an automated Facebook security system automatically blocked Facebook access from…
The article simply states the issue. Its not up to the writer to come up with excuses for facebook, which if you are really hot on bad journalists you would rightly write off a mere speculation. Its up to facebook to explain their position. If their excuse turns out to be a reasonable reason, then lets hear it.
I don't think Facebook is really obligated to explain especially if its for some security reason or automatic. What's bad about the article is that it leads you down a certain way of thinking without really saying so.