[tor-bugs] #18358 [Tor]: Tor Browser is tracking user activity by sending .onion names.

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Mon Feb 22 14:14:01 UTC 2016


#18358: Tor Browser is tracking user activity by sending .onion names.
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 Reporter:  ikurua22  |          Owner:
     Type:  task      |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High      |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor       |        Version:
 Severity:  Major     |     Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:            |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:            |         Points:
  Sponsor:            |
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Changes (by dgoulet):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 tor doesn't report nor send `.onion` addresses to torproject.org "server".
 Relays are the one collecting statistics for the HS traffic and the
 _number_ of .onion they've seen while being hidden service directory.
 Furthermore, those numbers are obfuscated before being reported every 24
 hours.

 The tor client (here TBB) _never_ use .onion for reporting or even use it
 for any statistics. If you still think this is something your TBB client
 does, re-open and give us more details but that's absolutely not the tor
 intended behavior.

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