Why my Public IP address is exposed?

Services Support
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Hi, I am running StartOS on my old Dell Laptop.
By running a connection check on StartOS browser, I see that my external IP and location is exposed. Should not all traffic be routed through Tor?

By checking Tor status I see:
systemctl status tor - “Active: active (exited)”
systemctl status tor@default - “Active: active (running)”

I am a bit concerned about my node privacy. Could you kindly confirm if the above seems right, and how to confirm other services are not leaking my IP address?

Thanks

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Each service individually, has two interfaces, mDNS, and tor. What you are seeing there is the system tor daemon, which provides .onion access for each service. Some privacy focused services like Jam, for example also have their own instance of tor that they use for their own purposes. For further explanation, see StuPled’s post here:

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Hi Rexter, thanks a lot for your response.

Ok so in the case of Bitcoin, the outbound connections on the clearnet, as mentioned in StuPlebs post, are still exposing my IP to those peers, correct?

Am I right to assume that by default inbound connections are using Tor and outbound connections the clearnet? Changing Bitcoin node configuration to Disable Clearnet changes only the later?

I am also trying to learn what are the privacy/performance, specially when solo mining. Any POWs are appreciated!

Thanks again.

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  • Privacy/performance trade-offs
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The multi-hop, and run by volunteer nature of tor makes it significantly slower, and less reliable than clearnet.

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Very helpful indeed! Thank you!