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greiner3

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10. I had to reinstall my OS;

Wed Jul 30, 2014, 04:35 PM

Jul 2014

Windows 7, just after this date.

I run the Tor Bridge Bundle which includes Vidalia.

Vidalia allows me to be able to contribute a small amount of bandwidth to the Tor and use this software so that some of my bandwidth can be used to route traffic through my PC and be used by other Tor users.

I'm pretty sure this did not contribute to my computer needing a new OS but as this news is just coming out maybe it is possible for some users to manipulate Tor being used this way.

Just sayin'.

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