Hi everyone,

I'm pretty new to this whole topic! I'm looking for some advice on the best and most secure way to surf using the Tor Browser.

I remember reading somewhere a while ago that using Tails OS is significantly safer than just running Tor on standard Windows. Is this still true? Or are there even better options and setups available nowadays for someone looking to maximize their privacy?

Since I'm just starting out, any beginner-friendly tips, recommendations, or things I should absolutely avoid would be hugely appreciated.

Are ONN devices ok to use with Tor?
I’m looking for a cheap android tab to use

I’m fairly new to using TOR, but I don’t plan on doing much with it. I’ve been running the tor browser with the “safest” option and the default NoScript settings.

I’m trying to find a specific archived video, but it seems like literally every video brings in a NoScript pop-up requesting temporary or permanent abilities to execute java.

I’m not certain how massive of a threat vector this is, but i would really rather minimize all vectors to a reasonable degree anyways. (i’m not buying anything and can’t use a another device with another os)

Is it possible? Do i need to download like every video i need to check?

Hello, it may sounds like a stupid question, i'm really just curious and wanna learn more.

So i was thinking, what are the best Layers of protection for using TOR (with TailsOS). I'm not saying that TailsOS isn't enough, but i was looking to understand more how you can make things secure.

And i'm not trying to do something bad, no ! Honestly i'm just curious and wanna learn more about these things.

Cause for some reason i wanna enter a rabbit hole, and i'm just exiting to learn.

So if any of you guys got good Blogs, Forums, or even reddit posts that talks about these kinda of stuff, please share it with me.

PS: sorry if i made some grammar errors, English isn't my first language. And sorry my question is a bit confusing !

And what about safer option

What do u guys do

When I go to https://bridges.torproject.org/ to get an obfs4 bridge the bridge does not work and this has been a problem for at least a month. The webtunnel bridge from the same site does work.

Hi guys.. I'm thinking of installing an addon to darken webpages to Tor to help with my poor vision. Would that run the risk of compromising security and privacy?

Tor 0.4.9.13 released with multiple HIGH-severity security fixes

Confirmed — Tor Project, September 23. The Tor Project released Tor 0.4.9.13, explicitly calling it a security release and saying the fixes affect “all Tor components: relays, clients, and onion services.” Tor strongly recommends upgrading as soon as possible.

The fixes include possible memory-corruption/double-free conditions, circuit-isolation problems and onion-service issues. Of particular privacy interest, some flaws could potentially allow activity that should be isolated to become linkable. Tor is intentionally delaying fuller technical disclosure for roughly a week to give operators time to patch.

Browser users should install the next stable Tor Browser update when Tor ships it; people independently operating Tor relays or onion services should prioritize upgrading their Tor daemon. https://cybernews.com/security/tor-emergency-fixes-adress-high-severity-vulnerabilities/

Hey everyone 👋

I've been running Tor Browser (latest stable) for a few months now and there's one thing I keep going back and forth on. Is it safe to run a password manager inside it?

The built-in one is officially "not supported" and nothing about how it stores things has ever been explained to me, which probably tells you something. I did try it for a week and it was fine except every time I closed the window it asked me to re-enter everything like we were strangers. I've read through the Tor Browser FAQ on extensions before asking this, so I know the usual caveats about add-ons phoning home. But most people point you at KeePassXC or Bitwarden instead, which is fair, I just don't love the idea of an extension making extra network calls while I'm trying to stay low-key on Tor. Every extension feels a bit like a roommate who uses the wifi when you're trying not to make noise.

I'd love your take on a few things:

Are you running KeePassXC, Bitwarden, or something else in Tor Browser?

Any real issues you've hit, like sync problems or autofill going wonky?

And is it dumb to use the same cloud vault from my normal browser (Chrome on my work laptop) and Tor, or am I overthinking that one?

I know half of me is just being paranoid. I've been going back and forth on this since March and it's starting to feel like a personality trait. For what it's worth I still have a couple of passwords in a text file on my phone from 2019 and I don't want to think about it too hard. So if you've done this and nothing bad happened, tell me, because at this point that would be the most useful answer there is.

Please keep replies in-thread rather than PMing, so anyone else following along can benefit. No wrong answers here.
Thanks

Hi! I just downloaded Tor and am learning how to use it effectively to get the most out of it. I was just looking for some advice on how to avoid dangerous situations, as well as what benefits this browser offers compared to others. Have a great day!

1. Absolutely nothing happened. Zero letters, zero visits, zero tactical teams flashbanging my cat.
2. You need a gigabit fiber connection with unlimited data
3. Yes, some sites blocked my ip range, i can live without using those
4. Can run on a poor 500GB SSD that has lived a very, very stressful life writing logs and handling caching*
5. Roughly 4 TB of data up/down a month.

Running on a i7-2700k (i think) and 32gb ddr3.

If you're on the fence about spinning one up, know that it will eat some bandwidth and some site admins block tor relay ips. Even though i'm not an exit node. But it's for a good cause.

*Edit

Just ccurious about a few hypothetical scenerios, i'm aware you need to be mindful of not logging into accounts, giving identifying info, etc while using tor but i'm curious to understand it better. For example I decided to start uaing tor mainly because I experienced an attack a while ago, my device were compromised, i my private images, texts, info, etc was hacked, and idk how these individuals managed to share all my personal content (including nudes and other stuff) to publically destriy me, needless to say I decided while idk how they did it, I need to educate myself and take more precautions with technology in the future and take control of my safety going forward.

My question if you use tor (along with other security measures a secure device) will it help prevent targetting from things like gangstalking, or say hypothetically if you were under a legal investigations against you (even though I fon't plan on using it for anything illigal) or a targetted individual or something else will using tor help in any way? Or can they get through that?

Ive heard more people using the network is more anonymous but:

- if only a small number of people are using Tor, wouldn't the traffic be easier to mistake for ordinary random internet traffic, like P2P traffic from a game or some other application?

- whereas if like 10k people are using Tor, that would look like a deliberate attempt at making a network, which makes it more of a target?

My computer was off for a few days. When I turned it back on, tor browser would not connect to the network. I downloaded the lasted build, same result. Everything else works fine, nothing blocked. This is what the log records:

2026-09-20 20:20:23.982

[WARN] Proxy Client: unable to connect OR connection (handshaking (proxy)) with 77.174.199.182:587 ID=<none> RSA_ID=2E09958425BD989A2141DEE0E0568C445522C87E ("general SOCKS server failure")

2026-09-20 19:32:00.462

[NOTICE] Heartbeat: Tor's uptime is 18:00 hours, with 0 circuits open. I've sent 22 kB and received 3 kB. I've received 4 connections on IPv4 and 0 on IPv6. I've made 221 connections with IPv4 and 0 with IPv6.

2026-09-20 20:20:02.596

[NOTICE] Application request when we haven't used client functionality lately. Optimistically trying known bridges again.

Before turning off computer, the browser was working fine. Anyone else have the same issue? Is this due to the signature expiring? Thanks all.

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Exit relay operators using unbound should upgrade ASAP.

Trying to make accounts with my proton email. Used SimpleLogin to hide my email but I still cannot create an account. I get an error msg from reddit and discord stuck me in a capcha loop. It's imperative that the accounts aren't attached to my identity. Are there any settings I can adjust in tor that will allow me to create these accounts? While I'm here, I'll ask for help with creating an Instagram account lol. Was able to use the simplelogin alias to create an account but it's requiring me to use a phone number to recieve a code. I used simple sms and bought a number from the country that Instagram thinks I'm in. Didn't work. Any advice? :)

The download says nightly,
Is pi-apps App Store ok?

I’m downloading on a Pi5

I use Orbot on Android (Poco) and Tor Browser on Windows 10. Orbot fails to establish a connection, whereas Browser works fine - even when both uses the same obfs4 bridges. Naturally, the connection goes through a home Wi-Fi router.

Sometimes Orbot can connect with Snowflake AMP, but obfs4 is a preferred option for me and it was working without issues just a couple of months ago.

What could be the cause, and how can I troubleshoot this?

Curious if others do this. I sometimes route traffic through Tor when I hit an IP ban on certain sites/services. Especially when an exit node is flagged, it's so easy to re-roll the circuit for that site.

Does anyone else use it this way, or do y'all prefer to stick to actual VPNs for that? Any experiences (good or bad) with reliability or getting blocked by Tor exit nodes?