[or-cvs] mention the anonymity gotcha in switchproxy that carmee poi...

arma at seul.org arma at seul.org
Mon Aug 15 23:54:27 UTC 2005


Update of /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc
In directory moria:/home/arma/work/onion/cvs/tor/doc

Modified Files:
	tor-switchproxy.html 
Log Message:
mention the anonymity gotcha in switchproxy that carmee pointed out.


Index: tor-switchproxy.html
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RCS file: /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc/tor-switchproxy.html,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -d -r1.15 -r1.16
--- tor-switchproxy.html	25 Jul 2005 03:36:26 -0000	1.15
+++ tor-switchproxy.html	15 Aug 2005 23:54:25 -0000	1.16
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 SwitchProxy is a Firefox plugin that makes it easy for you to switch
 between using a proxy and connecting to websites directly.</p>
 
-<p>In this howto, you're going to set up SwitchProxy to let you change
+<p>In this howto, you'll set up SwitchProxy to let you change
 between using Tor and a direct connection. We assume you already
 have Firefox installed and working.</p>
 
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@
 <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-osx.html#verify">step three</a>
 of the OS X Tor installation howto.</p>
 
+<p>You should be aware of one anonymity gotcha: when you switch from
+using Tor to a direct connection (or vice versa), by default the page
+that's currently active will be reloaded through the new proxy setting.
+So make sure you're on a page that isn't sensitive, before switching.
+(You can also change this behavior in SwitchProxy's "Options |
+Preferences" menu.)</p>
+
 <hr />
 
 <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a



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