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07 Jul 2020

Ultra Cheap VPS hosts for Tor Bridges

EAs of the 5th July 2020, there are 1357 Tor bridges available for users in countries who censor the Tor network to use. Having just over 1,000 IP addresses is not a lot for such a big privacy network as Tor is, especially considering that the number of Tor Bridges peaked at 4,227 on the 4th January 2015. That means since then the network has lost more than two-thirds of its bridges.

06 Jul 2020

Webhosts for Tor Relays Who Are Not; OVH, Hetzner or Scaleway

On the 13th June 2020, I published an article to this blog that went though the reasons you should never use OVH, Hetzner or Scaleway for Tor Relays. A common response was that the article did not go into the alternative providers that a relay operator could instead of the networks mentioned above.

13 Jun 2020

Avoid using OVH, Hetzner or Scaleway for your Tor relay

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20 May 2020

Create Your Own Darknet Website in Just 5 Minutes

Creating your own hidden website should not be hard but most online tutorials are giving out false information that is incorrect. This tutorial covers a automatic Bash script which will allow you to easily make a .onion hidden website

13 May 2020

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Buying Used Old PC Games

Many people have nostalgia for old video games, myself included. As many people played games on consoles’ back then or have lost their original retail disks, game publishers have realised that they can make money by selling their back catalogue on digital marketplaces like Steam for example.

02 Mar 2020

The Autism Supremacy Idea is misguided and Dangerous

On the Internet there are a small group of people who post content on Autism-related message boards that promotes the idea that people who are diagnosed with one of the Autism Spectrum conditions are superior to neurotypicals