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[@elithecomputerguy]

You are correct. Keyloggers/ malware can grab your info as you use your system, but the connection between you and the first relay is encrypted. I put in a correction annotation at the end of the video. Thanks for bringing this up. Cheers, Eli

[@autohmae]

6:25 this would be wrong, traffic is encrypted all the way to the exit/end node. But people can see you are connected to the Tor network, this might already be a problem for many people. Also when using both Tor and HTTPS to the website you are visiting then everything is encrypted of course, even the last part from the Tor exit/end node to the website, because the website uses HTTPS.

[@sebasfavaron]

Watch 2:00 without volume...

[@liveincomputer]

how is this happen?

[@davidfigueroa8335]

what?

[@coleclark7195]

omg XDDDD Sebas Favaron

[@BrazinHaze]

Hilarious !!! lol

[@MrErmiland]

Lmao!!

[@noname89636]

I am the lead IT administrator at my job....yeah me....and I still use KZbin to keep me abreast on new tech stuff and to also keep up with the basics. I am so in charge of IT education, mainly making sure employees don't do anything stupid. A lot of them do not understand technical jargon and your videos show me different ways to explain things to the simple social media minds.

[@noname89636]

You are also hot and it makes watching your videos even more enjoyable :)

[@noname89636]

By the way I am a Marine Corps (female) Afghan vet. I got into the IT world back in 2010 when I got out and through a veteran hiring organization, went private contracting overseas and got to learn on the job.

[@chrishynes1503]

How is everyone not tracked when they download the tor browser from the surface web? You would think nsa, etc would just install bits of software into anyone's computer who downloads tor from www.torproject.org and monitor the people that download the tor browser.

[@PennsylvaniaEAS]

They would have to make that data for Linux Mac and windows , tor can be installed on all of them

[@Ondrus21]

You're always trackable. If someone wants to know your identity, there is nothing easier than to proceed backwards by previous links in the chain.

[@md.ishraquebinshafique1968]

So basically, I am putting someone else's security/privacy/life at risk while being safe myself? This means, someone else might also be using me as an end node? Please clarify.

[@autohmae]

no, being an end-node is opt-in/optional

[@Departur3z93]

Thank you, Eli. I use Tor sometimes, but I never knew the innards of it and how out works in elaboration.

[@jasonedward7152]

I failed college cuz computers bored me but this peaks my interest and inspires me to want to relearn basics and get straight A's, like I did in my prereqs. only reason I let the state choose computer support programming as my major was because they say it was in need. well I wanted to study psychology and help counsel people face to face, they didn't have funding for that.. go figure

[@MrPokesmot32]

Tell us how you really feel

[@JDono64]

Cryptogon has a good article on the "exit node" aspect of TOR. Which was dev by grants from US Mil to help activists in cough cough undemocratic countries. The forward thinking of certain aspects of the scientific mil security internet development arena is truly remarkable.

[@elithecomputerguy]

You might try using something like LogMeIn to connect to a system at home and bypass their firewall.... or you might think about getting the Clear service...

[@danni_meek]

Eli I would like video on PHP arrays, other teachers have taught me but nothing is really getting into my head, I think you are the right person to get it done, cause I have following ur channel since I got introduce to it, and thanks for the previous videos. GOD bless You

[@varun009]

Is there a mechanism by which you can send two signals out. One that goes to the site intended while the other bounces off a false relay through you and back along the original path so that if they manage to track through the relays they go in circles?

[@kuanlinpaihan]

***Tor makes u harder to trace back but not impossible**** love ur vids btw

[@TremendousSax]

With Tor your traffic does not go through between 3 and 10 relays each time. Rather, Tor always sends your data through three relays. Every 10 minutes (unless changed by the user explicitly) new circuits are chosen.

[@Flowshizzel]

Thank you for this tutorial. I'm writing my Bachelor paper on this but I'm no computerwizz. As a communications major, this was really helpful!

[@anoymusanoymus1212]

I would use tor if you just want a little more privacy and to be a little more anonymous. But if people wanted to, you can be tracked while using tor.

[@gophop]

A thing to realize: NSA has back doors to ISPs. They can often read your traffic between your computer and the ISPs gateway. They would know, if you're accessing the TOR network. Given the attraction of TOR to certain groups of people, where do you think the NSA and FBI do a bulk of their spying, on the popular sites of the web or the TOR network? The fact that someone uses TOR already puts them higher up in the list. Although, the clever ones would use several layers of obfuscation on top of TOR.

[@kavatava8576]

and what if I am looking for very underground, rare music? I already use some p2p apps for that like Soulseek and DC++, but there are still artists and demos that i cannot buy or download. I'm guessing if I can't find this music on google and some site designed for sharing music and p2p apps, having Tor won't help me in this search?

[@Brainbuster]

Anybody know what video he mentioned "s" in? I've been puzzled about this concept lately...how an image or video can leak private data.

[@willowklan]

I thought only the exit node is not encrypted, cuz according to security knows-it-all the traffic from you to the entry node is AES encrypted. right from the start (tor bundle). is this true?

[@davidbayer7715]

Appreciate the intro, Eli, but I'd like to send you a pair of handcuffs for future videos.

[@banedostanic]

TOR - The Onion Router Not as safe as we think...everything is trackable and crackable more or less. Ask NSA :)

[@paismonster]

so there is no way to anonymously communicate?

[@banedostanic]

If we are talking about NSA and other intelligent agencies etc. I believe EVERYTHING is being monitored my them. Privacy doesn't exist anymore. What I've learned is that Security is very important but very relative as well. Cheers :)

[@RichardTakeshita]

How the fuck do you know?

[@banedostanic]

***** Is that even a browser? :) Don't give me wrong, TOR is great! I just believe that 100% security doesn't exist. Cheers

[@Spills51]

People who don't know what they are doing get caught. Nothing more.

[@finalman26thabullz53]

Which one should i download to get past a ban on chat ave??? Will somebody help me pls...??

[@mrliberty1776ma]

But Eli what happens if someone that is a suspected terrorist is connected to your server and the DHS comes to your house breaking the door down at 2 AM while you and your family are sleeping and then THEY hold you on trumped up BS charges and detain you for a " Indefinite " amount of time only because a suspect was connect to you through the internet???

[@dasssme6039]

all right caches (it makes copies of all your down loads ) is there a way to clean that up (not trace) with out wiping a magnet across the hard drive?? when i am finished buying-selling or down loading what ever it is today--

[@yiuwahlee]

@Eli Tor only support its web browser or not. If yes, how can I hide/mass my public IP on my gateway for any applications?

[@Sandimanist]

There is something I wonder about The relays you go through. He said the encryption does not work from you to the first relay and from the last relay you came from to the server, but the rest of the line is encrypted.How can they still find you?

[@Bulletproof9767]

Is TOR similar to a VPN?

[@TaiyoDesu]

Unsupported video format? Did you do anything different, Eli? Or is it my phone being dumb?

[@polygeratic]

Loved the intro Eli and thank you. Many threats to company's and individuals come from the deepnet How can we protect our systems?

[@VolodymyrOstruk]

I have and important question. Let's say I'm connected to the Tor network. Someone else do some illegal things using Tor. Then it may happen that the last point in the path A(illegal guy)-> TorNode1 -> TorNode2 -> .... -> MyMachine -> destination will be my machine with my IP and location if I understood the concept right. How then can I prove that it's not me, but someone else did illegal things? Eli, please give an answer. Thanks =)

[@superwertyy1]

+Volodymyr Ostruk Honestly you can't.

[@Sophie-it8jy]

When you connect to the tor network their are two types of computers (Clients and servers) you would be the client. No one connects to the client in that way at all, if you want to use your computer as a server, by default you will NOT be an exit node. only people who opt in can be exit nodes.

[@elithecomputerguy]

It hasn't finished encoding. Probably the HTML5 version is still in que...

[@badcopnodonut607]

I just listened to your video where you scoffed at being anonymous....?

[@gtguy181]

Good tips at the end, especially concerning cache.

[@oluwafemmyemman777]

Thanks alot Your videos are very good materials for the 70-410 exam however can you please start on the 70-411 and 70-412 materials as well please. That would be really cool. Thank you very much

[@ClaudioCastelletti]

Thanks ELI. Regards from tiny island of MALTA in the Mediterranean Sea :)

[@jumbo3046]

sir!! how come the firewall let's the encrypted traffic through, as every computer person knows about bypassing security as it is available on the internet, the firewall designers coded the firewall and allowed the encrypted traffic??

[@A1A334]

I get ya, but all I want to do is download torrents, what is a good one to use on my mac

[@99baking]

Just download it, the cops aren't going to fucking storm your house because you downloaded some illegal music. Don't use tor to torrent. Ever.

[@abrahamdetrinidad8984]

why not use tor?

[@kennydelapiedra1292]

You are such a great help Eli, thank you so much for sending this link to my email.. Keep up the good work man! Cheers!

[@kelseydrew5685]

Thanks for this. I saw a documentary and was curious what this was. Super informative.

[@elithecomputerguy]

that will be discussed in my next video...

[@elithecomputerguy]

yep

[@WayneMickel]

Can you explain how to sign up for Tor's Blackbook alternative to Facebook

[@derAiTiLer]

Good Video. I just used the Tor Bundle many times on a School Network in the past. But they had a really good Administrator and he found a way to block der Tor Connection. Even the bridges won´t work. ;) It was a nice cat and mouse game but finally he won :D Oh besides.... here in Germany you may get in trouble if you run a tor relay node. So if you install that pice of Software to let others run their tor connection trough your own private relay. Greetz

[@nosibalasi3345]

Can TOR and Psiphon be used on android phone simultaneously? ?

[@ducksoup2007]

are their any alternatives

[@derpynation1448]

If you install Tor on a VM does that change amount of anonymity you have?

[@vexedev]

why can't they track me down if they were to follow the relays jumps?

[@astropicop.6543]

Hi Eli, this is your second video I am watching today. So far, I find them good, thank you for your sharing. I have few questions for you though : -Check your video at 06:06, you are saying that encryption is only done during communication within the relays. When I checked back to the Tor project website, I could see that connections are encrypted from the first node ( your computer ) to the last relay. Am I wrong ?

[@astropicop.6543]

What are you looking for exactly ? Anonymity ?

[@TheNameTooSexyToShow]

What is the Dark Web used for? Or good for? (I really don't know, sorry, I want to learn)

[@MrPokesmot32]

I've heard some screwed up things

[@TheNameTooSexyToShow]

Ancalagon Ullr I've installed Tor and looked around. Almost vomited and deleted it.

[@Alberturkey54]

how do I get around school network security in order to access blocked sites? Will a simple proxy do that?

[@gamingkin4278]

use netsurf you can put the .exe on a school server, put it on a usb, dropbox, etc.

[@Alberturkey54]

GamingKin cool thanks

[@harshavardhan306]

but if CNN knows the IP of the last node can't they trace back the previous nodes IP and continue to do so until they figure out the source...?

[@lenoir1330]

Does Tor really encrypts the traffic? I am doing research for a project about cryptography and I had to learn more about Tor. I am puzzled if Tor encrypts traffic as another website stated that it does not encrypt traffic

[@autohmae]

www.eff.org/pages/tor-and-https

[@moulilanka]

hello pal my local hard disk is not showing up.. only c: drive is showing and the rest 4 drives are not showing up even their are not visible in the disk manger . c: only showings its allocated space the rest is not showing how can i get out of this problem ...i am damm struck in a work please help me out

[@Mr16faces]

quick question, i was running chrome with facebook open and tor, is there a way to identify me?

[@TremendousSax]

It started as a research project at the Naval Research Labs, but it's now maintained by the Tor foundation, a non-profit. You can go and read the code if you want to audit it and determine if a backdoor is there. Also, after you do so you can compile your own Tor browser or Tor daemon or write your own. Futher, the Internet started as a research project by the military, funded by ARPA. So how "safe" is it really? By your logic we should avoid it altogether. Don't judge Tor by its origins.

[@RyanBlair01]

Eli, enjoy your videos. Quick question, I connect to my anonymous VPN using OpenVPN and then start the Tor Browser, wouldn't this be "almost" failsafe? My data is encrypted going in and out of the tor network, and I get two hops. Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks!

[@lebouski]

Eli the computer guy is amazing. another great video

[@prod.blxcksheep.3626]

2:00 specifically why I need to start using Tor.

[@ravenlunatic7909]

thanks,when i down loaded tor,it highly recommended still using a ip hider,do i need it? i'm not doing anything violent or anything,yeah,mabey just check out some herb sites or whatever,do i still need another proxy switchysharp ext.like that? thanks.

[@ELOHIMBSHMYIMKA]

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[@MICBeatboxer]

Is there a way to change the fact that it changes routes every 10 minutes ?

[@bensialiabdellah1427]

+Erik Jönsson how?

[@thabood]

"Spaghetti monster bless" loooool rAmen!

[@timb.955]

That's some really cool information. Thank you!

[@astropicop.6543]

what would you trust then ?

[@YuvalCoder]

may i suggest you to create reverse engineering tutorial, and introduction ? its very nice subject, have a great day

[@FragShackGamers]

Can you do a video on exit node packet sniffing?

[@wigzenga]

Am I right to think Tor would be virtually impossible to track on a quantum computer? Because it would be able to reroute the connection many times in a small amount of time?

[@seotools3699]

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[@MajorEasley]

Amazing Class Thank you. basically what I gather is. You have nothing to hide why bother with Tor!!

[@PureAlbanianWarrior]

Awesome video. Keep them coming. I'm watching all of them.

[@julio6504]

You sir are awesome. Thank you for the instructional videos !

[@juliandias4982]

@Eli the Computer Guy is there any way i can email you i have some questions for you plzzzzzz

[@sabymondal]

Amazing- both Tor and Eli !

[@tubeman1983]

is there any way that i can choose the location of the exit relay? for example if i wanted to appear to be in a certain country so that i can watch content that is not available for mine?

[@Karan-ix8kh]

***** why not just use a normal vpn for that?

[@MADDMOODY516]

+Karan Jani i have a feeling my mother is monitering what sites i go on somehow since i'm on her router/modem, is this possible? Also can tor block this?

[@aleksakrsmanovic6035]

+Red seeds it is

[@hackbot4450]

can the isp see the sites i am visiting if i use tor

[@Sam-vk8nx]

Eli can use Tor legally in US?

[@rx_420_mayhem9]

Hey Eli , I'm wondering if it's possible to set up Tor on a iPad? I'm new to trying to get computer anonymity and would ultimately like to be invisible. Is there any vids you have or websites you'd recommend for me ,btw I'm a newb so any help would really be greatly appreciated.! Thanks regardless

[@cavestoryking8761]

Look up on the App Store "Red Onion Browser"

[@ventalitywombat5247]

Chrome wont let me visit the tor project site, can anyone help?

[@ifeanyichukwuudochu8435]

Hi Eli, please i need ur help. i set admin password on my laptop BIOS setup and cant remember it. I have opened my laptop, removed the CMOS batttery but it did not help the situation. i need to format my laptop very urgently. When i opened my laptop i was hoping to find a BIOS password rest jumper, but i did not find one. My laptop specifications: Dell latitude inspiron N3050 64-bit, 4gb ram, 500 hdd, running win 7 ultimate. please help me out.

[@yaseenevo]

thank you very much Eli, I love your videos.

[@sherekaan5048]

Is this Torguard VPN?

[@nikolasemov2822]

Can you tell us another browsers like tor.

[@finalcutfinalcut]

how to lock tor pfsense or squid

[@ksutkowski]

Is it safer to run or more secure to run tor in a virtual machine?

[@gingerflakes101]

KSUTKOWSKI - Visual FX and Digital Production Use Tails

[@gingerflakes101]

KSUTKOWSKI - Visual FX and Digital Production Use Tails

[@Roosyer]

That is a very healthy and nicely trimmed beard

[@EpicDoesStuff0]

Two questions: Is it safe to log into any accounts, such as Facebook, Twitter, ect? And if so, if you post something, is it traceable with your standard IP or another IP you're using on Tor?

[@171TITO]

***** I've never been on fakebook. 😆

[@SuperMetallimies]

HaileyDoesStuff Never go to twitter in dark web, its a child porn site.

[@AbelinNyjiraaY4Y69]

HaileyDoesStuff Very unsafe to log into ANYTHING via Tor. It's an easy way to give away your information and anonymity. Most people recommend using separate proxies and a lot of times even a separate computer with none of your personal things for surfing Tor. Even with all of this if you, for whatever reason, want to make an account on a Tor website or an email of some sort DO NOT use your personal email and NEVER use personal information about yourself in your usernames or passwords.

[@VANSmallhousen]

Just don't look under your bed

[@EmilJelecevic]

Abelin Nyjiraa if i hard rest my old personal laptop is it ok to use coz there used to be shit on there before

[@DontFuckWitDreDay]

Regardless, though, thank you for protecting people on youtube from the NSA

[@withIMPACT]

Hey Eli... Great post. I'm defiantly a little intrigued and a whole lot more well informed. I'd love to connect; please watch for a linkedin invite from me. Thanks!

[@astropicop.6543]

A VPN might be fast, but does it do all what Tor is doing ? :)

[@astropicop.6543]

Tor security ain`t changing... what changes is the first relay that you are connecting won`t have any ways to know who you are, but instead it will then refer to the Vpn. You ====> VPN --(Connecting to Tor)--1st Tor relay--... But there is something though, when you are using Tor on your PC, Tor should encrypt the data, and then, your VPN provider should not know what you are doing online.

[@ROYRDX]

excellent explanation thank you sir

[@minimi.gaming1209]

some one told me that if you download tor then you is on a list that fbi can see, is that true, (excuse my english.)

[@Dave-md3sj]

Does this mean that your internet provider and employer cant see your browsing history??

[@Apollo_1641]

ComboGaming use vpn for that

[@jeezybling150]

Do they hav tor 4 mobile

[@mrliberty1776ma]

I'm FAR from being worried about Myself though I am a bit more worried about Eli Not protecting himself Even though he has done NOTHING wrong!!!

[@iconoclasticat]

I"m brand new to Tor. The title says 'Introduction to Tor'. This guy is all over the place. Sure, I'll figure it all out, but when you're making an 'Introduction' video, you mght want to take some notes before you turn on the camera, so you have some sense of continuity. He should have started with the downloading of the browser and gone from there. He might also try to learn to talk without using his hands.

[@elithecomputerguy]

... ... I'm telling you man.. these idiots giving away free education really need to be put in their place... get the hell off of KZbin is what I say to them... and imagine using his hands as a part of his communication... just horrible... failing KZbin Channel is what I say... you better unsub and run away now...

[@domnichols3892]

how do u use tor without the tor browser?

[@Augsterful]

DOMO NIK lmao are you serious?

[@GrOuNdZeRo7777]

I wouldn't worry about the NSA as much as I would about the FBI, DEA or the ATF while surfing these sites, Does software like Peerblock mitigate the risks involved with the 'Dark Net'?

[@CandidateRaymond]

lol dude, NSA works the internet, feeds the intelligence to those other agencies.

[@GrOuNdZeRo7777]

Why? Policing is not their job, That's the FBI.

[@GrOuNdZeRo7777]

Haha! Nothing like a government agency where fapping wasn't such a great temptation during routine work! ;)

[@GrOuNdZeRo7777]

I thought many companies and government agencies that do most harm to Peer 2 Peer and in this case the Dark Web have fixed IPs? But I guess you are right unfortunately...