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theegg180

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I vaguely remember there being an onion link for the site, allowing better security for people using TOR.
I'm not sure what happened to it but i can't find any trace of it on-site, however i found this link "zoovillez7yc3pa3.onion" listed as zooville's onion url on another site, and considering it shows a default message when i open it. i can only guess that it's the correct URL and that zooville already has the things in place, but it was never re-setup after the old forum was breached.
 
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for context, this is what i see when connecting to the onion link1575591101300.png
(it's a picture so don't try and click on the links)
 
as the others said, thanks!
i edited the link in the original post to make it a hyperlink, since now it actually leads somewhere
 
seems like there's an issue with staying in "onion mode" when opening certain threads, or opening notifications, but at least it's working
 
theegg180 said:
seems like there's an issue with staying in "onion mode" when opening certain threads, or opening notifications, but at least it's working
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yeah, clicking on links from the bell notification icon gets redirected to the non-onion url.
 
The Tor Project announced in July that they would sunset v2 onion addresses sixteen months from date of that publication (reference: https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline), so it would be nice to see ZooVille switch to a v3 address--in addition to resolving the issue Pes referenced above. I would strongly prefer to browse this site via a Tor hidden service, as that would enhance security as well as give the site an additional point of reachability in the event of DNS domain issues.
 
I am also looking forward to a v3 .onion address. Preferably one that is posted on the site somewhere so we can be sure it is real. It would also serve as a way to continue to access the site if we lost the domain name.
 
Ragteros said:
I am also looking forward to a v3 .onion address. Preferably one that is posted on the site somewhere so we can be sure it is real. It would also serve as a way to continue to access the site if we lost the domain name.
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There is a nifty way of advertising an Onion URL to Tor browser users: the Onion-Location metadata. If a site has it configured, Tor Browser users will get a purple "onion available" button on the browser's address bar. It's slick.

More into for site admins:

Tor Project | Onion-Location

Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship. | Onion-Location
community.torproject.org community.torproject.org
 
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