How to Make Tor Work on a Mac?

danny-boy · 04. Jan 2010, 06:28 AM

Hey, I just installed Tor by Vidalia, and even with it running an IP identification site is able to reveal every detail of what kind of computer I use and where my ISP is located! What are the particular settings in Safari and Firefox to activate Tor's privacy functions, and where can they be found? Also, do these functions, disguising who you are and where from, work only with websites or can they hide your activity from your ISP, too? Thanks!

danny-boy · 04. Jan 2010, 08:28 AM

After clearing the history on both my web browsers, I installed and activated Privoxy with the same result. The IP address checking site still sees all, knows all, including what I did before installing Privoxy.

fabrizio · 05. Jan 2010, 02:26 PM

The best option for safely surfing on Mac is - in my opinion - JonDoFox which only add a specific profile to Firefox. But it use JonDo and not Tor.

04. Jan 2010, 06:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
danny-boy Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2	How to Make Tor Work on a Mac? Hey, I just installed Tor by Vidalia, and even with it running an IP identification site is able to reveal every detail of what kind of computer I use and where my ISP is located! What are the particular settings in Safari and Firefox to activate Tor's privacy functions, and where can they be found? Also, do these functions, disguising who you are and where from, work only with websites or can they hide your activity from your ISP, too? Thanks!

05. Jan 2010, 02:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
fabrizio Foundation Editor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Milan, Italy Posts: 9	The best option for safely surfing on Mac is - in my opinion - JonDoFox which only add a specific profile to Firefox. But it use JonDo and not Tor. __________________ Fabrizio Lodi

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04. Jan 2010, 08:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
danny-boy Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2	After clearing the history on both my web browsers, I installed and activated Privoxy with the same result. The IP address checking site still sees all, knows all, including what I did before installing Privoxy.