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Blocklist-Update.sh

Blocklist-Update.sh is a script that I wrote to manage blocklists from bluetack etc to be used in conjunction with Transmission torrent downloader in Linux/MacOS. The script can be taylored to work with Qbittorrent as well, but the placement of the blocklists means you'd have to redirect the blocklist to go somewhere locally manageable as Transmission uses its own blocklist directory in .config. I believe there are about 10 lists there now. It works well for my needs. It can be ran weekly using crontab in standard user profile.  To download:  blocklist-update.sh To download the others:  Github
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TORMOIL AND NORMAL BROWSER PRIVACY.


Tor the multi-platform Mozilla Firefox based browser developed to run on the Tor Overlya network, was recently in the news again, having been the headline of several other articles among tech enthusiasts and reporters. TorMoil is the new term for a recent potential leak in the software that leaks personal ip addresses, much like a WEBRTC type of leak, only difference is, secure WebRTC works by covering your inner network addresses and only display your outter network address to servers. I.E, it only releases the address of your router. Tor has been in the news a few times for being somewhat less than secure, because IT people know that it’s too easy to let a slip through and that no system is perfect. The Tor problem is no surprise as Tor has been in the news for potential holes in the past. Many of the potential holes before allowed people with special skills to spy on certain web traffic of consequence. Tor was developed with the Armed forces in mind, Tor knows network security and anonymity like no one else, however, like was said before, perfect systems don’t exist. Tor is a browser used by Tails the amnesiac system of linux which runs on a live cd/usb and prevents web data from being saved to the user’s computer. Tails was invented by Edward Snowden who didn’t exactly work on it by himself, he had people in the Linux and Tor community working with him. Tails will most likely receive an update in a few days or a week or so, so users of the system will be highly advised to upgrade to the newest version. In other news, Firefox releases a new version this month around the nineteenth. Firefox is being heavily modified in regards to some of Tor’s settings, but this won’t directly effect Firefox as no problems have been cited for it yet and it is triggered only when users click on file:// addresses rather than http:// https:// addresses. Firefox is fully open sourced and has made a few good strides since previous releases. Using firefox or other Mozilla-based web browsers is a good idea as everything can be audited and Firefox’s extensions seem to work more closely with the browser than some of Chrome’s extensions do. Using Firefox now gives you options. Among the options given, Firefox now has tracker blocking, script auditing built in, Firefox has the ability to use all the latest web features. Firefox even seems to prefer certain HTTPS sites when they are available. Firefox is not solid though, and many people use it with Noscript installed. Noscript is an extension developed by Giorgio Maone, an Italian programmer, which blocks all scripts unless specifically allowed. It doesn’t block web bugs by default, but the developer has said that if scripts contain such bugs, they are blocked as well. Together with the tracker blocking capability, it makes Firefox a real private and secure piece of software now. A lot of people believe that such measures are overkill, however, Noscript is not perfect either, and so, it’s a good idea to be safe rather than sorry. I should also mention that Tor even uses Noscript now and Tor’s developer refuses to add an adblocking extension for the simple fact that it changes the fingerprint of the browser and thus adds chances for your browser to be unique. If everyone is using that extension the same way, then everyone is the same, web designers learn to creat canvas features that track your use of extensions as well as cookies to track you anyway. Noscript and Firefox is a smooth balance.
UPDATE:
As of my writing this earlier, details were unclear and actual details had not been released right away.

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