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| author | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2005-08-15 23:54:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2005-08-15 23:54:25 +0000 |
| commit | 252ef0773d77f3f3a268adc45ad484e8978a5e52 (patch) | |
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mention the anonymity gotcha in switchproxy that carmee pointed out.
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diff --git a/doc/tor-switchproxy.html b/doc/tor-switchproxy.html index 516aa4724..2c775b1a4 100644 --- a/doc/tor-switchproxy.html +++ b/doc/tor-switchproxy.html @@ -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 @@ of the Windows Tor installation howto, or <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 |