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🕑 Added 2019-01-14 21:46:27 +0000 UTCHi, and a happy 2019 to all of you!
Even thought the new year has only just started, it's already looking to be the most difficult year for the internet to date. Government and corporate censorship are around every corner, and we must fight for our right to an open and free internet.
So in these trying times, I've decided to make SFMLab and Smutba.se available as a TOR Hidden service. If SFMLab or Smutbase is blocked on your network, you can try to use the TOR network to visit the site anyway.
SFMLab is available at: lxoeu5ls4yusm44s.onion
Smutba.se is available at: qrwsb6aixijzm6oe.onion
If you're not sure about what a TOR Hidden Service is, it's likely not important or relevant to you. (yet) Here's a short introduction for you: TOR is essentially an anonymity network that seeks to circumvent government censorship and protect the privacy of its users. It is used by dissidents, journalists and free speech advocates to communicate with the public, while protecting their identity. They connect to the public internet through TOR network. The TOR network is made out of thousands of computers, all over the world, set up by volunteers. These volunteers essentially open up their internet for use by other people who are subject to government restrictions or censorship. Once they connect to the TOR network, their internet request takes a random path over the internet connections of all these different volunteers; effectively hiding the origin of the request to anyone who would be spying on that connection.
TOR is often associated with criminal activity, the "dark web" or the "hidden internet" - which is not untrue. The problem with TOR, is that it relies heavily on so called "exit nodes", which are the servers that connect from the TOR network to the public internet. For example, if you were to connect to a public website, like SFMLab, over the TOR network, your request would get bounced around inside the TOR network, before it finally gets bounced to an "exit node", which will then connect the TOR network to the public internet. (also known as the "clearnet") SFMLab will see the request as if it comes from that exit node. The problem is that these exit nodes are subject to a lot of abuse. They are difficult to operate, and a lot of anonymous traffic goes over them; this results into a lot of exit nodes being blacklisted, and bandwidth on exit nodes being quite scarce.
This is where a hidden service comes into play. A hidden service (also known as onion service) is a site that is only accessible from the TOR network. Instead of relying on an exit node to make the final connection, your request will bounce around the TOR network, and the final connection will be to the site directly, because the hidden service speaks the same language as the TOR network.
In this case, I've set up a Hidden Service for SFMLab and Smutbase, because I hope to facilitate people who use TOR to connect to the site, and in turn, relieve stress on the TOR exit nodes. Downloads on SFMLab are sometimes quite large, and sometimes run for quite some time. So if people use TOR to connect to SFMLab, (which apparently, they do!) it would be very useful to offer them a way that does not rely on heavily throttled exit nodes. (and is faster!)
Like any tool, TOR can be used for both good or evil. I strongly believe in the good that TOR can do. Our freedoms are being encroached on at every turn. Independent ISPs that respect our individual freedoms are being shut down. (RIP XS4ALL) Net neutrality is being attacked at every turn. Article 13 is being prepared to fuck us over. We need to take advantage of these tools, if we want to maintain an open and free internet.
That's not to say that you should switch to TOR for all your browsing. If you can access SFMLab fine without TOR, continue doing so. These options are here, in case things should take a turn for the worse.
Please let me know in case you experience issues with the hidden service, or with SFMLab and Smutba.se in general. I can be reached through Patreon, or admin@sfmlab.com.
I wish you a safe and secure 2019.
Kind regards,
Ganonmaster
SFMLab Administrator
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Sumerian Dragon
well onion web is one thing and darknet is a diferent one, onion web is mostly for anon ppl and uses to be harmless, still it'd be great to see the baned models there.
SFMLab
No, it does not; it acts as a secure proxy for the main site. While your suggestion is an interesting one for the future, I don't want to taint TOR's reputation as a network for criminals. TOR has legitimate use when it comes to anonymity and privacy. Operating our TOR addresses for big sites allows people to make use of enhanced privacy, while also not relying on TOR exit nodes. Exit nodes are already under heavy scrutiny and subject to a lot of IP blocks and abuse. TOR hidden services (like the one SFMLab hosts) can be operated with ease and are not subject to such IP blocks as they are a trusted source for a single site, and can only be accessed from other TOR nodes.
Sumerian Dragon
so, this TOR page include the removed models as the Nintendo ones? or is exactly the same page?
lakrj
This is very good news. Thanks for going through the trouble of setting this up. More and more sites should go this way, Tor and I2P are (sadly) the only viable way for true internet freedom moving forward.
Icarus Media
Ooh I wondered if anyone was going to cotton on to the TOR network. It has it's pro's and cons. You have to watch the exit nodes if you are using normal websites but having an onion address should be even more secure. Funnily enough someone informed me google and facebook have onion addresses. I would also be careful, as much as TOR is the Deep Web it is also possible to find yourself in the dark web, you can get a box of grenades for $450 apparently. And woe betide anyone who finds 'Daisy's Demise' video. Yikes. But for your purposes it should be good. A cautionary measure should governments decide to enact the next 1984. :-) P.S. You watch me be watched like a bloody hawk now for this comment.
