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GUI program to view and delete metadata in Linux

Posted by Alex On October 14, 2021

What is metadata Metadata is additional information embedded in a file, for a photo, metadata is GPS coordinates, information about the camera, shooting settings, etc., for office documents, metadata is the author's name, the time the document was edited, the name of the organization, the editor program, etc. As it is said, metadata is information that describes other information. Many...

How connect to the Tor network via bridge on Linux

Posted by Alex On June 7, 2021

Some ISPs are blocking Tor. They can use various approaches, for example, block connections to all IPs of the Tor network, or by analyzing traffic and, if it is identified as belonging to the Tor network, block it. Repeaters can be used to bypass this blockage. The bridge is one of the types of repeaters. Since not all bridge IP...

How to Configure Tor to Work Through a Bridge Relay and Proxy in Windows

Posted by Alex On June 7, 2021

If you want to install Tor as a service on Windows, then you need the Expert Bundle. It can be downloaded from this page of the official website. From the downloaded archive (in my case, the file is called tor-win32-0.4.5.8.zip), unpack the Tor folder to the root of the C drive. Configuring Tor to Work Through a Bridge Relay Theory:...

Tor environment variables

Posted by Alex On April 25, 2021

Where can I see a complete list of Tor environment variables such as TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH, TOR_TRANSPROXY and others? The following information is the official Tor FAQ, with not yet accepted the pull request. This change adds a description of the Tor environment variables. Source. Which environment variables does Tor Launcher respect? Following settings can be changed but be aware that this...