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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Firefox support .onion links? by sha256sum on Monday June 27, 2022 @09:49PM (#31903231)
> Most people don't know about the Tor browser and instead of advising them to install it (or use some tor2web proxy) you could just hand them the onion link.

This does not make sense to me. If I visit Tor’s main website, “browser” is one of the first things I see. Furthermore, you are misunderstanding Tor’s purpose, which is anonymity, and if you’re curious I’d encourage reading the content in their FAQs to understand more about how it works.

https://www.torproject.org/

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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Firefox support .onion links? by thruuavay on Friday July 01, 2022 @08:26AM (#31945468)
It's more likely that you are misunderstanding my intention. Tor can be used to provide anonymity for the visitor, yeah, but also for the host (using onion services); by allowing Firefox to browse such sites, anonymity for the host is preserved, and the reach is increased. Visitors that want anonymity can use the Tor browser and other OPSEC measures.
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