From 330d416e41a3c7454301da892fd0e0276b974de5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Blallo Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:45:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add disclaimer for tor usage with Thunderbird --- src/docs/anon/tor.en.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/docs/anon/tor.en.md b/src/docs/anon/tor.en.md index 329b7e4..7c69786 100644 --- a/src/docs/anon/tor.en.md +++ b/src/docs/anon/tor.en.md @@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ Configuring Thunderbird to send and receive email via Tor While this approach is not recommended by torproject, here we provide a few steps to use Tor to communicate with our mailservers. This might be a good option in situations where one is not able to access our mailservers directly (for example because of state censorship). +**Disclaimer:** this guide does not explain how to send anonymous emails (for that see how to use our [anonymous remailer][ar]), nor these configurations +enhance the anonymity of the messages you send. Connecting to our services through Tor is a way to obfuscate from the network provider you are +using that you are connecting to our servers. This does not make you anonymous from us, because you have to authenticate to our servers to be +able to use them, nor this shields you from information you could send through mail to your correspondents (i.e. in some mail header) that +could identify you. +If you have such needs, we suggest to either send the email via the webmail (via Tor, if you want to be anonymous in your navigation for your +network provider) or to use [Tails][t], configuring your email account in [Thunderbird offered in that distribution][tt]. + +[ar]: /docs/anon/remailer +[t]: https://tails.boum.org/ +[tt]: https://tails.boum.org/doc/anonymous_internet/thunderbird/index.en.html + + #### **Prerequisite 1: having a running Tor instance on your computer** Tor is a program that exposes a local proxy to connect to the internet (and also to the network of hidden services). Tor Browser is a -- GitLab