Author: L Date: To: tails-ux Subject: [Tails-ux] A Problem Regarding Tor and Captive Portals in TAILS
Hi.
I have been trying to solve a problem, on and off, for weeks, looking
online for solutions without success. As a result I have had to use Tor
Browser through Windows rather than Tails, not critical right now, but a
serious problem if I do need the fuller anonymity of Tails, which is
thereby negated.
The problem concerns captive portals in public wifi settings. Tails
automatically runs its Tor connection procedure when an internet
connection is enabled, including in captive portal settings, getting as
far as the options panel. I am, of course, then forced to run the unsafe
browser in order to finalise the internet connection.
After this, all attempts to continue with Tor fail: it never connects.
I have tried finding instructions online to allow me to "reboot" Tor
without success; I do not even know where the necessary executable
resides in Linux, nor if I can run this in GUI or have to use the
terminal: none of the files I have tried running works.
