You can use any web-browser to access lokinet (**.loki) or use lokinet exit node. Here, we simple benefit from the well known Tor-Browser. It comes already with a very advanced privcay and security setting the most important features are (beside the Tor implementation):
You can use any web-browser to access lokinet (.loki) or use lokinet exit node. Here, we simply benefit from the well known Tor-Browser. It comes already with a very advanced privcay and security setting the most important features are (beside the Tor implementation):
* Anonymity due to unified Tor-Browser fingerprint
* Security and convenience: A hardened Firefox by default.
Install the Tor Browser: https://www.torproject.org/download/languages
Install the Tor-Browser: https://www.torproject.org/download/languages
Open the terminal of your freshly created AppVM (lokinet) and move the tor-browser to system directory `/opt`
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The default configuration is set to use Tor, therefore we need to make some modifications to use lokinet instead of the Tor network.
In the Tor Browser address bar type about:config and confirm the risk to access the Tor Browser configuration.
In the Tor-Browser address bar type **`about:config`** and confirm the risk to access the Tor Browser configuration.
* search for: **`network.dns.disabled`** and set it to **`false`**
* search for: **`extensions.torlauncher.start_tor`** and set it to **`false`**
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##3. Web-browser configuration
##4. Security and fingerprint checks
##4. Security and fingerprint checks
sources: Oxen Privacy Tech Foundation (OPTF) https://optf.ngo/about-optf.
