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@lukeshu So I guess #Anubis has an explicit exception to handle #Lynx and will instead rely on rate-limits and other static means to detect #scrapers and handle with #UserAgent #abuse cases, like #fail2ban-style autobanning of violating IPs...

  • This makes sense for a #WAF like Anubis and would've been the only viable option I'm aware of.

I wounder if anyone has tried using Anubis on @torproject / #Tor to protect #OnionService|s since that would be a reasonable application for it as well.

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@my_millennium @dbrgn doch, weil es verlangt #Vertrauen in #Threema.und die #Schweiz, was ich als naiv betrachte.

Alles andere sind proprietäre Silos und damit inhärent unsicher!

#Tor and #ActivityPub experts, I'm curious to know if anyone has attempted to create a Fediverse instance as an Onion Service.

I understand that server-to-server communications in ActivityPub use HTTPS POST. So I imagine the sticking point would be routing server-to-server communications over the Tor network from, say, mastodon.social to valencia.onion.

Is this a problem with a trivial solution? Or perhaps an intractable one?

@torproject I recently boost the your donation  post  but, the situation of the security levels  when changed, only work after restart and without any alert/warning popup to inform the user of this need to work properly, is not the appropriate way, giving a false sense of security, but now thinking about removing the level button is really bad idea.
This is a bug from JUNE 2024.
gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/appl

I think some of your supporters like @mullvadnet, @protonprivacy , @brave,
open technology funds  among others, would say the same!

Another one was the removal of user agent spoofing, that harm users who use different OSes than windows, there have been some "not so good" decisions and not aligned with the real purpose of the  project :

"Browse Privately. Explore Freely.
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship"

I hope you guys make  best DECISIONS for people who support and use the project and not to eliminate the necessary work for devs, they should try to solve problems in the best way possible, not removing  an option or function so that they do not have to deal with it!

Pure negligence on Tor Project to ignore glaring security issues that's more than 11+ months old, and they block people who even bring up the security issue. These Tor Project devs are either stupid, or they simply don't care they're compromising security for a browser thats suppose to provide these built-in protections.

youtube.com/watch?v=ooNmubCA680

Use Orbot with Kindness Mode On.

Kindness Mode in the Orbot app enables your device to act as a Snowflake proxy, assisting users in censored regions to access the Tor network. By activating this mode, your device becomes a temporary bridge, routing encrypted traffic for those unable to connect directly to Tor.