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Addiction & Recovery

usonian

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5. You can just download the Tor browser or other "onion" browser from an App Store.

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 24, 2024, 11:16 AM

Jun 2024

Not recommending, because it requires new search sites. I only use a Tor browser to shop anonymously so that I’m not “branded” and then force-fed “recommended” items forever thereafter.

As a newbie to the web with onion addresses ( as I am) it’s more confusing than helpful, and the “ordinary” internet is more than I need already.

Reporters and whistleblowers do need such anonymity, and will run computers from a Tails optical disk or thumb drive for safety. Tor browser is integrated with that operating system.

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The ....."INTERNET' is ...."ADDICTIVE" [View all] Stuart G Jun 2024 OP

It all depends on "which internet" you use. usonian Jun 2024 #1

I hear you on the FB crap Skittles Jun 2024 #2

I visit DU more that any other site. It resides on the WWW . . . John1956PA Jun 2024 #3

You can just download the Tor browser or other "onion" browser from an App Store. usonian Jun 2024 #5

Thank you for the info. The anonymity feature is great for shopping. n/t John1956PA Jun 2024 #6

I am addicted, and I don't even use social media sites like Facebook. Midnight Writer Jun 2024 #4