Running Bots over TOR network.

[Miner99er]

So I'm thinking... I bot the mundane stuff in the game. Mining, Cooking, WoodCutting, etc... and with Jagex deciding they want to follow the path of the RIAA/MPAA and alienate more than half their playerbase (130k-200k users before the 25th, 35-60k after,) with threats of a lawsuit... why not run the client over the TOR network?

I understand the ping and latency is going to be through the roof... but If they can't see 3, 4, 50 accounts from the same I.P. then they can't prove that we're running that many clients at the same physical location.

I do know I'm just thinking alot here... but I figure ideas like this could be helpful in the future.

Your thoughts?

 

[doofman]

I hadnt heard of what tor was before but that could work.

 

[Pockets]

No real reason to do this. Jagex hasn't been doing IP related bans for a long time.

Also, even if they were, one proxy would be more than enough to hide your IP.

TOR would also make the bot really slow like you said.

Overall, I don't think it's a good idea at all.

 

[sonic_fanrs]

Doesn't Tor work in a browser?
If it does, then how would you run a bot client (eg the rsbuddy client), through the Tor network?

 

[Iheartpking]

I was reading about TOR a few months ago and doesn't it disable flash/java?

 

[kjam3]

I was reading about TOR a few months ago and doesn't it disable flash/java?

You may choose to disable flash/java as they both dig personal information. However like Pockets said, Tor is a relay network that goes back and forth making it very slow. One proxy would do the job adequately.