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TOR Wants You To Stop Using Windows, Disable JavaScript

Posted by timothy on from the so-say-we-all dept.

itwbennett writes "The TOR Project is advising that people stop using Windows after the discovery of a startling vulnerability in Firefox that undermined the main advantages of the privacy-centered network. The zero-day vulnerability allowed as-yet-unknown interlopers to use a malicious piece of JavaScript to collect crucial identifying information on computers visiting some websites using The Onion Router (TOR) network. 'Really, switching away from Windows is probably a good security move for many reasons,' according to a security advisory posted Monday by The TOR Project."

4 of 341 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Proper Summary by pipatron · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yeah, and next week when the next javascript exploit is found, the excuse will be the same. "Just upgrade your browser and it will be ok, javascript is safe!" No one in their right mind would enable vbscript by default when opening spreadsheet files, but javascript on websites doesn't seem to be a problem.

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  2. Re:Security professionals generally missing the po by pr0nbot · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If encryption is a "please investigate me" red flag, then we need to find ways to hide the encryption (i.e. steganography).

  3. Re:Security professionals generally missing the po by FriendlyLurker · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not if the majority or dare I say everyone raises the red flag, we dont.

  4. Re:NSA owned netblocks by rmstar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Users can not secure themselves against invasive hacking by the US Government.

    Sure.

    Now, if instead of engaging in this selfdefeating every-man-to-himself canned-goods-and-ammo mentality users would actually stand up for their rights actively, which means, engaging in politics - that could work.