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Re:Tor Browser 15.0 by IlikeKitties on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:01AM (#45742467)
How do you scan for hidden services? I thought that was impossible?

Anyway, please beware that there is a not-insignificant propability that opening random tor hidden addresses lead to thinks you don't want to see like gore and CSAM.

Re:Tor Browser 15.0 by leoh on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:10AM (#45742526)
Perhaps by running an exit node
Re:Tor Browser 15.0 by tejasvi88 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @03:00PM (#45763903)
Why is this downvoted? This is a valid method for measuring frequency of visited sites. The exist node has to know the unencrypted destination to be able to provide the requested content.
Re:Tor Browser 15.0 by detaro on Thursday October 30, 2025 @03:03PM (#45763940)
exit nodes are not involved with accessing hidden services at all, so the suggestion is nonsense.
Re:Tor Browser 15.0 by leoh on Thursday October 30, 2025 @05:30PM (#45765615)
Using words is more helpful than merely down-voting things.
Re:Tor Browser 15.0 by cess11 on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @06:27AM (#45744920)
The Ahmia project publishes how they approach this problem, e.g. here:

https://github.com/ahmia/ahmia-crawler

Their repos also showcase how they're using blacklisting to keep from linking to CSAM.