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Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget
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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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Why would I use it? I get that we need it for journalists and stuff but it's mostly used by hackers
The idea is that if lots of people use it, then it's not only for hakers
But what do people use it for? There is no point logging into your facebook and youtube accounts through Tor but thats what most people do on the web.
It's for people who want to keep their network traffic private from say their ISP or other sniffers.
Yep, and thats nothing the average user has any interest in.
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Might also be a good idea to use something like Ublock origin and Portmaster as well, don't just try to curate ad targeting, block them, if you want to still support websites you can use something like adnauseam which clicks the ads.
I'm not trying to say that Tor isn't a good idea because they should be blocking ads, I think more people should absolutely use it for better anonymous browsing, I only bring up ad blockers because if people don't want to be targeted ads they should be blocking them.
Bonus: Add anti-adblock filters to ad-block, it helps significantly with sites that try to detect them, also spam and malware filters are essential.