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Bookmark or Share- Does my ISP know what sites I have visited if I am using Tor?24. If you're using Tor and it's all working correctly then your ISP can't see what websites you're visiting. Tor hides the identity of who you're connecting to (the webserver), so no issues there. Additionally, since Tor encrypts your traffic your ISP can't see your HTTP requests, so they can't see what websites you're trying to download.
- The proxy server is refusing connections - Tor Stack ExchangeI have downloaded the most recent version of the Tor bundle 6.5.2 for Mac. When I open the Tor browser I get a message "the proxy server is refusing connections". I have followed the instructions (on YouTube and other sites) to set the Preferences>Advanced>Network>Settings>to Manual Proxy Configuration and select SOCKS Host 127.0.0.1 and Port 9150.
- How Tor handles cookies? - Tor Stack Exchange7. In general Tor Browser saves the cookies which come from the originating site and deletes them when you close the browser. You can also click on "New Identity" which will also delete all your cookies. You can find out about the cookie behaviour when you enter about:config into the URL bar and search for the term "cookie".
- Can I exit from a specific country or node? - Tor Stack Exchange6. Yes: edit the file: ThisPC\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Tor\torrc or wherever you put Tor. at the end put: ExitNodes {GB} Then the last node will always be in the United Kindom, or put any other country code to exit from another country eg: US. Share.
- How can BitTorrent traffic be anonymized with Tor?The important part is just to use 127.0.0.1:9050 as the proxy. Also note that 9050 is the default port, but it may not be the same on your installation (or if you're using the browser bundle). You'll have to look up the orport value in your torrc file. If you don't have separate options for different types of Torrent traffic, please don't do it ...
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