[tor-bugs] #2870 [Vidalia]: Security breach? Windows version always goes through same 'suspected' USA servers

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#2870: Security breach? Windows version always goes through same 'suspected' USA
servers
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 Reporter:  Al       |          Owner:  chiiph                        
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new                           
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:  Tor Browser Bundle for Windows
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:                                
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Comment(by Al):

 I gave all the info; extract aan bout "what makes the relays 'suspected'":
 * suddenly could not connect anymore with Tor to torproject.org, all of my
 email accounts, google.com, news.google.com, ixquick.com.
 * I noticed I suddenly had new USA servers I hadn't had before, like
 BADASSx, Blackbox x, FordmodelA/x.
 * I tried to click them away, but it was like a virus and same or similar
 names returned at the same speed.
 * I used Tor for a few months before on a daily base and had never seen
 this type of errors.

 "But yes":
 I can connect to the mentioned sites through Tor

 Conspiracy:
 That is the definition about what humans do when they are together and not
 all exactly the same: There are a lot of servers from a lot of different
 individuals, groups and also gov related in one way or the other. I can
 understand that maybe a lot suddenly have blocked some services to free
 load for China and Africa, but it also blocks my anonymity using my email
 and looking for specific news. Maybe it is on ISP level in (parts of)
 Mexico. Maybe its another program in my compu that suddenly does this,
 maybe without conspiracy. I don't know.

 Follow-up:

 After I changed to the USB Tor browser bundle *without* IM, the obliged
 servers BADASSx, Fordmodelx, Blackbox x, are gone. Well not always, but if
 one of them shows up, I finally *can* click them away (terminate) and
 another server shows up.

 Still the problem remains with some important sites I can't reach through
 Tor *on Windows*; now I can change many servers with the different browser
 bundle, that second problem might not to be server related. So I suspect
 something in Windows is triggering that second part. In Linux I can mostly
 reach the websites that seem to be blocked in Windows (only blocked when
 using Tor). I will re-try one of these days in my Linux install on the
 same compu, to see if the situation has changed.

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