#10190: Firefox extension ipFuck (also known as ipFlood) creates erroneous
check.torproject fail screen
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Reporter: cypherpunks | Owner: arlolra
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: trivial | Milestone:
Component: Tor Check | Version:
Keywords: ipfuck ipflood extension check | Actual Points:
"false negative" | Points:
Parent ID: |
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The extension, created by Paul Da Silva, spoofs ip addresses using two
methods. When activated, the start page of the Tor Browser
(check.torproject.org) shows two ip addresses and tells the user "Sorry.
You are not using Tor." EXCEPT YOU TOTALLY ARE O_O
This seems to be because the check page uses multiple ip-get methods and
one of them is folled by ipFuck? I dunno.
This is obviously not a responsibility of Tor Project, but it is
interesting, and is being posted here mainly so that other users who
installed the extension and who may be panicking now can find this page
and stop freaking out.
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