# Tip: how to make Tiny Tiny RSS connections go through Tor

**URL:** https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/tip-how-to-make-tiny-tiny-rss-connections-go-through-tor/2355
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**Created:** [November 11, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/tip-how-to-make-tiny-tiny-rss-connections-go-through-tor/2355 "2022-11-11T19:33:52Z")
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### Author: ![apraile](https://discuss.freedombox.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@apraile](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/apraile)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/tip-how-to-make-tiny-tiny-rss-connections-go-through-tor/2355/1 "2022-11-11T19:33:52Z")

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(sorry for my English)  
I have configured TT-RSS to go through Tor making it more private. It may be useful to someone.

_It is suitable for advanced people with experience in the command line. Make a backup/snapshot first._

- Install Tor and Privoxy apps from FreedomBox’s web interface

- Edit `/etc/privoxy/config` and add the following line to enable [forwarding](https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/config.html#FORWARDING) to Tor:  
`forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 .`

- Install Tiny Tiny RSS app from FreedomBox’s web interface

- Edit `/etc/tt-rss/config.php` and add the following line to send HTTP(S) connections to Privoxy proxy:  
`define('_HTTP_PROXY', '127.0.0.1:8118');`

- Restart FreedomBox to make all changes take effect

- A packet capture can be done to ensure that HTTP(S) requests go through Tor

_ **Warning** : with this configuration DNS requests do not go through Tor. In my case I use DNS over TLS and it is acceptable for my threat model. There are ways for TT-RSS to use SOCKS5 directly but it involves [modifying](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-make-tiny-tiny-rss-connect-through-tor/3515) the source code._