This tutorial will help you setup The Onion Router (TOR) anonymity software on your computer system with Debian 12 or Ubuntu 22.04 for use as a proxy with browser and any other internet-based applications you want. Please note that Tor works using address "localhost" and port number "9050". Enjoy!

 

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Accompanying the previous posts (1)(2), here's how to install and configure Tor on Ubuntu 18.04. You will connect your Firefox browser with it. And for convenience, you can add Proxy Switcher and Manager to make changing proxy as easy as one click on Firefox. This way you have strong privacy protection of your browsing activities, without any ISP/third-party could read, hijack, disturb, or deny your internet connection.

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Do you want to easily change proxy setting from the top panel? If you are using GNOME Shell, then Proxy Switcher by flannable is the right extension for you. This allows you to do single click to change either using a proxy or no proxy for the whole system. It is basically same with changing proxy settings manually in GNOME System Settings, but Proxy Switcher makes it easier.

We can pass apt-get connection through Tor Networks to keep our privacy. To do it, we need proxifying program called Torsocks to help any command line program to work through Tor socks proxy.

Those who use Ubuntu in internet-restricted area such as college or office, probably will need proxy configuration for their apt-get command. Especially in the college, when every student given username and password for campus proxy to connect to the internet. Actually we just need to configure proxy or with/without authentication in apt.conf file. Here we go.

After trying SSH Tunneling, probably you feel it is painful to change proxy settings manually every time. And maybe you have another proxy so you need a quick proxy changer. There are extensions to help us change the proxy settings by just a click. It is SwitchySharp for Chrome and Proxy Selector on Firefox. Of course, you may create different proxy configurations as many as possible if you have more than one. I will show you how to install and use it.

I am using Telegram Desktop 0.8. I am connecting to the internet via an authenticated proxy. Telegram will not connect with such connection. How to configure it properly? Just open Settings > scroll down > Advanced > Connection type. 

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