Does my ISP know what I download IF

[JohnnyMantus]

I am using Tor?

I am sure they see it coming through (not sure how to say it)
but they can't tell it's coming from my exact location right?

Thank you,
John

 

[Articlewriter2012]

It is through Tor, then I dont think so. Did you ask any technical experts on this issue??

 

[nickk]

ISP can monitor both in/out traffic.
In from tor until your pc and out from your pc until tor.

 

[popzzz]

I am using Tor?

I am sure they see it coming through (not sure how to say it)
but they can't tell it's coming from my exact location right?

Thank you,
John

Yes - your ISP can see. You are on their subnet.

You have to go through them to even get to proxies ..... :yield:

If you are registered with them properly they know exactly where you are.

Enjoy ..... :cool2:

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[Tensegrity]

I would say you are safe.

At face value, an ISP cannot sniff packets properly if you are going through Tor because it is encrypted with onion technology. When you connect to the Tor network, it works like this:

- you make a request to a website in your Tor-enabled browser
- that request is encrypted three times and sent from your computer to the ISP and then to the first server in a long chain of servers (usually 15-20 or more)
- the ISP only sees encrypted packets (they cannot read) sent to and from that first server in the network which is a relay server and not hosting any content to see (besides encrypted packets)
- as the packets are sent to each server, a layer of encryption is removed and another added and the last three servers remove the encryption entirely (one by one) so that in the end, the last server can see only as far back as the previous server.

However, you should avoid logging into any personal accounts through Tor since anything you connect to can all be seen by the exit node and it would completely disrupt the whole purpose of using Tor. Additionally, an exit node can track patterns and could ostensibly figure out who you are if you are a heavy user of the same node, so it's good to constantly change "identities".

 

[JohnnyMantus]

ISP can monitor both in/out traffic.
In from tor until your pc and out from your pc until tor.

Got ya .. thanks

John

I would say you are safe.

At face value, an ISP cannot sniff packets properly if you are going through Tor because it is encrypted with onion technology. When you connect to the Tor network, it works like this:

- you make a request to a website in your Tor-enabled browser
- that request is encrypted three times and sent from your computer to the ISP and then to the first server in a long chain of servers (usually 15-20 or more)
- the ISP only sees encrypted packets (they cannot read) sent to and from that first server in the network which is a relay server and not hosting any content to see (besides encrypted packets)
- as the packets are sent to each server, a layer of encryption is removed and another added and the last three servers remove the encryption entirely (one by one) so that in the end, the last server can see only as far back as the previous server.

However, you should avoid logging into any personal accounts through Tor since anything you connect to can all be seen by the exit node and it would completely disrupt the whole purpose of using Tor. Additionally, an exit node can track patterns and could ostensibly figure out who you are if you are a heavy user of the same node, so it's good to constantly change "identities".

OK, I get most of that ..

I did log into my safe-mail account a few times
in Tor, so I will change password now ..

Very good to know ..

Thank you,
John

 

[jazzc]

Your ISP can't see your traffic if you use any kind of encryption.

Good choices are:

• VPN
• SSH Tunneling

 

[popzzz]

Your ISP can't see your traffic if you use any kind of encryption.

Good choices are:

• VPN
• SSH Tunneling

Your ISP/carrier can ALWAYS 'see' your traffic. :yield:

Just because they cannot 'read' encrypted traffic does NOT mean they cannot see it.

Encryption makes the data not readily readable - it does NOT make it invisible.

IP numbers (identifying to/from) and port numbers (identifying type of data) are ALWAYS in the clear and readable.

For encrypted traffic, the only things your ISP/carrier can see is:

• encrypted (unreadable/useless) data
• what ports you're using
• how much traffic you use (bandwidth)
• IP connected to
• time of connect/disconnect

Using VPN and/or SSN tunneling cuts down your exposure to your ISP/carrier but OPENS new exposure to your VPN/tunneling provider and their ISP/carrier.

When using a VPN/tunnel the only thing your ISP/carrier will see is that you connected to the IP number of the service at XXXX time/date and that you disconnected from their service at time/date and the traffic (bandwidth) generated and the port connected to.

The data/DNS goes through the VPN/tunnel to the other end through your service provider and through their ISP on out to the internet.

Enjoy ..... :cool2:


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[jazzc]

@popzzz

You are say exactly what I am saying...

The ISP cannot see your traffic when you use a VPN/SSH Tunnel, in the sense that they cannot identify

• What you visit
• What data you exchange.

Sure they can see that there is traffic passing through from you to the other node of the tunnel, but it 's useless for tracking anything. They can tell you connected 3 hours a day to your private tunnel but they can't tell is you visited Bing or not. I 'm sure no one actually cares to hide from his ISP how many hours a day he uses the Internet And even if you do want that, you can always create junk traffic to flow 24/7.

DNS traffic can be routed through the tunnels since the end node will be responsible for the resolving of domain names to ips. This way, the ISP does not get even that info.

 

[popzzz]

Right.

What should also be noted is that you are moving your exposure from one end of the pipe to the other so depending on what you are doing caution should be exercised even using a tunnel. :thumb:

Enjoy ..... :cool2:


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[amordeaa]

they can see everything if they wish. Think of your ISP as the gateway that takes you to the cloud "internet". now they dont monitor every one because it's too much work of course but dependng on their security level they can have certain FLAGS when certain services are used. using proxy does not help ,,,you are still being routed through them

 

[knightrider179]

If you are outside of their network (e.g you connect to vps server), they would not be able to know what you would be doing. Apart from this, they will still know what you are doing as you are on their network. Hope this helps.

 

[popzzz]

If you are outside of their network (e.g you connect to vps server), they would not be able to know what you would be doing. Apart from this, they will still know what you are doing as you are on their network. Hope this helps.

You go through their network to get to and back from the VPS. :yield:

Enjoy ..... :cool2:


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