Tor and proxy bypass

[coderman]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Odinn Cyberguerrilla
<odinn.cyberguerrilla@riseup.net> wrote:
> ...
> Here are some tidbits which may be relevant to the Tor-as-tool discussion
> and what to be aware of:...
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#WarningsAboutSOCKSandDNSInformationLeaks
> ...
> https://lilithlela.cyberguerrilla.org/?p=5794


on the subject, the recently published state of proxy bypass on mobile:

"The problem behind mobile Tor browsers' ip disclosure"
 http://xordern.net/ip-leakage-of-mobile-tor-browsers.html


note how defense in depth as far as transparent proxy via root privs
nulls this one, but opens other privacy risks...

everything old is new again,
 [ if it was my favorites on repeat, i'd be less cranky ;) .]



best regards,