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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: cookiethumper on July 31, 2013, 03:28 am

Title: Creating a yahoo/etc email address while on Tor browser?
Post by: cookiethumper on July 31, 2013, 03:28 am
Hi, so with bitinstant down, the best option I've found from other people in the forums is localbitcoins.com, which looks to be easy to use. I want to sign up with an account anonymously so I can have the bitcoins sent straight to SR, not having to wait 6 hours AFTER I get home from work (would do a BoA deposit in the morning) for it to go through the fog, leaving ample time for bitcoin prices to change and leave me screwed. I can't access tormail at all tonight as I've seen others can't either. Would it be safe to create a yahoo email address, using tor browser, and only access it through tor? I wouldn't need the actual contents of emails to be secure as I would only be using it to buy bitcoins legitimately. Would there be any way for my identity to be compromised if I did this? Any help would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Creating a yahoo/etc email address while on Tor browser?
Post by: angelicruin on July 31, 2013, 03:50 am
See "Planning First Purchase" thread, just a few down from this thread.  There is a post about yahoo emails in it that may help you as I have been having trouble accessing my new Tormail account.  HTH  (I finally got in my Tormail tonight; after disabling my firewall.) 
Title: Re: Creating a yahoo/etc email address while on Tor browser?
Post by: fatbrian on July 31, 2013, 03:52 am
I could never get a tormail address, so I created a Yahoo mail account (that I only access through Tor).  It wasn't easy.  I had to answer tons of questions and they keep on wanting me to give them a mobile phone # and stuff, I just left that off.  I made up various info for the security questions and kept notes of what they are.

They autodetect what country you're accessing them from and try to suggest what location you're in, etc.

When I log in to access it, that's a hassle too, because with Tor they see me logging in from around the world, so they assume my account has been hacked.  I pretty much always have to jump through hoops to prove I'm accessing the email legitimately.   
Title: Re: Creating a yahoo/etc email address while on Tor browser?
Post by: cookiethumper on July 31, 2013, 04:06 am
Ah, thanks good to know. I had a hell of a time getting it created, at first it wouldn't take my captcha AT ALL no matter how many times I tried. Then I tried again and made sure I put the same country as my IP was from (was easier to tell this time as everything was in French, lol). Now I know I need to  change the secret questions to something I can actually make a note of since I just put random stuff while it was in french!
Title: Re: Creating a yahoo/etc email address while on Tor browser?
Post by: trellis017 on July 31, 2013, 04:43 am
They autodetect what country you're accessing them from and try to suggest what location you're in, etc.

When I log in to access it, that's a hassle too, because with Tor they see me logging in from around the world, so they assume my account has been hacked.  I pretty much always have to jump through hoops to prove I'm accessing the email legitimately.

Out of curiousity, when you signed up/log in, about what percentage of the time do they correctly guess your country?
Title: Re: Creating a yahoo/etc email address while on Tor browser?
Post by: fatbrian on July 31, 2013, 05:47 am
They autodetect what country you're accessing them from and try to suggest what location you're in, etc.

When I log in to access it, that's a hassle too, because with Tor they see me logging in from around the world, so they assume my account has been hacked.  I pretty much always have to jump through hoops to prove I'm accessing the email legitimately.

Out of curiousity, when you signed up/log in, about what percentage of the time do they correctly guess your country?

Since I used Tor its based on where the Tor exit node happens to be.  It can be Sweden, India, Germany, or anywhere.
Title: Re: Creating a yahoo/etc email address while on Tor browser?
Post by: btcbook on August 01, 2013, 02:10 am
HMMM NO GOOD!
Title: Re: Creating a yahoo/etc email address while on Tor browser?
Post by: BillWithers on August 01, 2013, 02:07 pm
I don't know, I'd be nervous about using any of the big name providers even over tor if they let you register that way. I'm guessing you had to enable javascript to get it to work? That can reveal your true IP to them.