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download from torproject.org hidden service

Open adrelanos opened this issue 11 years ago • 7 comments

Now, that updating over Tor is in...

torbrowser-launcher could download form http://idnxcnkne4qt76tg.onion instead from https://www.torproject.org/.

Advantages of .onion:

  • free end-to-end encryption (strictly speaking: Tor to Tor)
  • no SSL-CA's involved
  • no Tor exit nodes involved

Disadvantages of .onion:

  • slower

adrelanos avatar Apr 17 '13 23:04 adrelanos