[tor-talk] Is using player like VLC safe alternative to Flash?

Moritz Bartl moritz at torservers.net
Wed May 8 08:58:59 UTC 2013


On 07.05.2013 19:51, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
> Question of playing Flash vids comes up constantly & explanation given
> of why it can compromise anonymity in Tor Browser.

Additionally to what Tom Ritter wrote: If you want to be safe, convert
the .flv to a "real" video format first. I would say a toolchain like
ffmpeg -> h264, and then VLC to play it, is safer than directly playing
the .flv.

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Moritz Bartl
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