Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 12

@Fratm @gravitas obviously it will slow it down and it's disrecommended for that...

But outside of streaming Video, #Tor is decebtly fast.

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] I'd *disrecommend* manual @[email protected] / #Tor.configuration *unless you know EXACTLY* what you do. - #TorBrowser does way more than merely proxy Traffic through Tor, but also prevent #InformationLeakage and block tracking code. - You do run the risk of subverting your anonymization efforts to a degree that way! So I do disrecommend doing this, and instead use if not #TorBrowser, then at least @[email protected] / #Waterfox with #SponsorBlock and #uBlockOrigin if not #NoScript in incognito mode...

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Show threadKevin Karhan Jan 24

@arch I'd just refuse to adhere to #UK #Cyberfascism as a matter of principle!

#UKpol #fascism #Censorship #InternetCensorship

Kevin Karhan Jan 15

@waldschnecke @fasnix ja, allein wer in #EDGEland unterwegs ist wird trotz #PerformanceProxy (#Tor) das brauchen...

  • Und per #Iridium (2400 bit/s [!!!]) und anderer #Satcom ist das sowieso keine Frage!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWkjuDI9RSo

Iridium Satellite Modem Setup

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Show threadKevin Karhan Oct 23

@VegaHarmonia depends...

#EDGEland is slow but using @guardianproject / #Orbot as #PerformanceProxy through @torproject / #Tor makes it feel zippier...

Kevin Karhan Oct 22

For over a decade #MobileInternet in #Germany has been so abysmal that I'm still using @torproject / #Tor (or rather @guardianproject #Orbot ) as a #PerformanceProxy¹ for mobile browsing, messaging and social media.

  • It's really absurd how we're still in #EDGEland!

#DEpol #Netzpolitik #Infrastruktur #Digitalistan #Schlandistan #Infrastructure #Broadband #2G #3G #4G #LTE #5G #BFWA #WWAN #GSM #GPRS #HSPA #HSDPA #HSUPA #

Performance Enhancement Proxy – Wikipedia

Kevin Karhan Mar 30, 2025

#WasFehlt: vorgeschriebene #Kindersicherung bei #Koaxialkabel|n und #Kabelsanschluss-Dosen...

Denn so sieht das aus wenn ein [mutmaßliches Nachbars-] Kind mutmaßlich ne Büroklammer in ne Kabeldose klemmt:

Wenigstens ne Art Abdeckkappe wie bei Herdanschluss wäre 1NICE!

Und ja, #SharedMedia wie #GPON / #XGPON sind nur was #Funkstörungen angeht weniger problematisch als #DOCSIS-#Kabel!

Kevin Karhan Mar 16, 2025
@CppGuy yeah, @torproject really got better since I started using @guardianproject / #Orbot 15 years ago because in #EDGEland, #Tor is a #PerformanceProxy!
Show threadKevin Karhan Feb 24, 2025

@snep espechally on mobile!

OFC it won't make shit go faster, but more reliable.

  • #latency is shit on all mobile networks that ain't straight-up #IP-based like #WiFi, Tor doesn't add that much to it...

In fact, Tor makes #throttled connections bearable for me for >15 years, as even back in 2008 one couldn't just get "unlimited data", espechally not as an individual (school child) without income or wealth!

Kevin Karhan Feb 21, 2025

@clubchonky I disagree.

  • OFC @torproject / #Tor never was designed for low-latency, high-bandwith useage, but that's not the point.

IMHO using @guardianproject / #Orbot as a #PerformanceProxy even makes throttled #WWAN networks bearable!

  • In terms of scale, Tor is pretty good and if all peers are within Tor, shit works just fine...
Show threadKevin Karhan Feb 9, 2025

Issues aside it's now 15 years since I started using #Tor / @torproject & @guardianproject / #Orbot on #Android full-time.

Because in #EDGEland they yeet users to 64kBit/s if not even lower to 16kBit/s past paid bandwith and instead of properly renegotiating the bandwith, they trottle connections by reducing the packet rate / dropping packets, making it as #laggy as a #GSO-based #SATCOM connection!

  • On top of that, almost all #MNO|s & #MVNO|s illegally use RFC1918 Address space, *espechally 10.0.0.0/8 for #CGNAT, thus bricking #VPN|s and sadly @BNetzA doesn't really give a damn!