Sheridan Thorn:
>Hi there!
hello!
>Tails set up at Greenwich time, which used to work just fine. Now "Error
>connecting to Tor" with the one and only viable option for me is to Fix the
>Clock (which doesn't seem like a good idea).
[...]
>2. Wary about fixing the clock as it identifies my time zone
thanks for explaining your concern! Fixing the clock is actually *not* a
security problem at all (quite the contrary): those informations are
only used by the system internally, and never sent to anyone else.
>3. Issue is persistent and requires manual changes each time I enter Tails.
Indeed this is a known usability problem.
>5. IF I don't use default bridges, the one attempt I tried allowed access.
>Still...not helpful for what I want to do.
Let me see if I understood correctly:
- if you connect to Tor directly, it works without setting the clock
- if you connect to Tor with default bridges, it will fail. If you fix
the clock, it will then work
- you prefer using default bridges for security reasons
The choice is yours, but from my security perspective the two options as
being equivalent: you are not hiding that you are using Tor. Default
bridges are only used because sometimes they can evade censorship when a
direct connection wouldn't work.
When you need to hide the fact that you are using Tor, you need to
choose the appropriate option in the "Tor Connection" window.
See
https://tails.boum.org/doc/anonymous_internet/tor/#index3h1
>What I did: Verified after download - reinstalled twice on new stick (of 3
>usb sticks, 1 is kingston and the other 2 are sandisk cruzer blade
>I use an att gateway, and did not see adjustments to allow unsafe browsers,
>yet will look again.
Unfortunately I don't know what an "att gateway" is. Would you mind
explaining?
>Any suggestions or links for me, please? Alternative safety measures I
>could try out?
I'm sorry but I'm not sure I got what exactly you are trying to be safe
from, so I don't know how to help you.
cheers
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boyska
