I use a browser setup that thoroughly breaks all the Tor Project guidelines, but I believe is sufficient enough to access Kiwi Farms, a Clearnet website stuck on Tor due to networking level censorship where Tor is only used as a mean of completing the network circuit. The only drawbacks it has is that it's not as easy to create a new Tor circuit, besides that it integrates seamlessly in my everyday browsing.
Note that this tutorial is oriented around Windows users.
First, you'll need the Tor Expert Bundle to set up a Tor proxy service:
https://www.torproject.org/download/tor/
To see what version you need to download, you can do a simple test:
1. Press Win+R
2. Type msinfo32
3. Press Enter
4. Look at the "System type" line
If it says "x86-based PC", download the "Windows (i686)" version.
If it says "x64-based PC", download the "Windows (x86_64)" version.
To open the archive you can use 7-zip.
In the archive you'll find two folders, "data" and "tor".
Extract the "tor" folder from the archive to the root of your C: drive. Give admin privileges if needed.
The path to tor.exe should be as follows:
C:\tor\tor.exe
Now we'll install the Tor service.
1. Press Win+R
2. Type cmd
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter, give admin privileges
4. Type
cd C:\tor\tor.exe --service install and press Enter
At this point the Tor service should be installed and running.
Next up, you'll install this browser extension:
https://github.com/salarcode/SmartProxy
After that, open it's settings and do the following:
1. Go to "Proxy Servers" and add a new proxy server with the name "Tor", address of '127.0.0.1", protocol of "SOCKS5" and port of "9050" and save settings.
1a. If using Firefox, go to "General Options", unselect "Enable proxy per tab/origin" and save settings.
2. Open up the extension's flyout settings and set it to "Smart Proxy".
3. Open up "
https://kiwifarmsaaf4t2h7gc3dfc5ojhmqruw2nit3uejrpiagrxeuxiyxcyd.onion".
4. Open up the extension's flyout settings again and enable the proxy on the KF onion site.
At this point you should be able to connect to Kiwi Farms in your main browser as if you were using a Clearnet connection, and everything else, including embedded 3rd party elements like YouTube videos, should go through your Clearnet connection, which ensures that you won't get cockblocked by Google for using Tor.
However, if your Tor circuit starts fucking up, you will need to restart the Tor service as admin. The easiest way to do it without delving into Task Scheduler is to make a shortcut to
powershell "Restart-Service -name tor -Force" and run it as admin whenever you need to recreate a Tor circuit.
Of course, as I've mentioned, this throws every anonymity benefit of the Tor Browser out of the window, however I don't think most people here right now use Tor out of privacy, but rather out of necessity at the cost of convenience, so I'd say this is a fairly decent compromise.
