So TOR is NOT really anonoymous!?

[carmee at space.xs4all.nl]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:54:28AM +0200, Uhuru wrote:
> http://www.inet-police.com/cgi-bin/env.cgi
> they show my REAL IP  address!

Mentioned URL asks your browser to download a java applet.

Java applets run locally on your machine. So they can do
anything you can do locally, including resolving your real IP.

> So I have to keep java always turned off?

In firefox one can also turn of downloading applets by unchecking 'Allow
websites to install software'.

Have fun, don't blame tor for you downloading applets,
carmee.