[tor-talk] TorBirdy and Gmail (continuation)

Артур Истомин art.istom at yandex.ru
Sun May 24 21:19:09 UTC 2015


On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 07:04:45PM +0000, Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez wrote:
> Артур Истомин:
> > On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 05:46:20PM +0100, James Anslow wrote:
> >> `using Two-Factor Authentication (mobile phone) and
> >> assigning an Application password to Thunderbird`
> >>
> >> I have used 2FA since creating my account and created an application
> >> specific password for Thunderbird (icedove actually). Still, the issue
> >> persists.
> > 
> > What's the purpose using TOR when Google already know who you are and even
> > know your phone number?
> > 
> Because you may have two Email Service Provider groups:
> 
> Used-in-clearnet ESP accounts: Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, etc...
> Tor-only ESP accounts: Riseup, Lavaboom, Openmailbox, Austiciti,
> Cock.li, etc...
> 
> The problem is Thunderbird+TorMail doesn't have a specific proxy
> configuration for each account. So every account will use Tor Socks5 proxy.
> 
> If Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo has problems with Tor being used, you need to
> find a way for it to work. Hotmail isn't complaining about Tor as far as
> I know, Gmail does but should be solved and I don't know about Yahoo.

Perhaps Thunderbird's profiles more convenient way for you:
http://mzl.la/1ApHkva


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