Tor question...

[TheNiceGuy]

I installed the latest version, but when I went to one of those "check my IP" type sites, it showed the same IP weather it was running or not. Any idea what's going on?

 

[kranky]

Could it be this?

"Tor only protects Internet applications that are configured to send their traffic through Tor — it doesn't magically anonymize all your traffic just because you install it. We recommend you use Firefox with the Torbutton extension." -- from the Tor page.

 

[Tech_savy]

Tor by itself is NOT all you need to maintain your anonymity it only proctects the internet applications.

 

[her209]

I installed the latest version,

Latest version of what? Link?

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Oh boy, getting complicated

Can I install Firefox separately from my normal IE?
And what is meant exactly by "applications"?

BTW latest Tor n' company software.

Thanks again!

PS- my purpose is to be able to post on a forum anonymously.

 

[blackangst1]

Then what you should install is the valdia tor browser bundle. http://www.torproject.org/torbrowser/index.html.en