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> Tor can be both anonymous and secure if you take certain paranoid precautions when you use it

Downloading the Tor Browser Bundle is "taking paranoid precautions"? It already has HTTPSEverywhere built in, disables JavaScript by default, etc.




FYI: Tor Browser, in its current iteration, does not disable Javascript by default, and the NoScript is configured to allow Javascript by default.

There's also a large concern that using NoScript in any form harms anonymity, as your NoScript whitelist/blacklist is somewhat detectable by websites and can act as a fingerprint.


Tor browser (package tor-browser-2.3.25-15_en-US, latest bundle) does have Javascript disabled by default. Please check options-content->enable Javascript. If I am mistaken I am delighted to hear otherwise.




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