Changing what you open the market with

The client is the layer people upgrade when they want to feel serious about this. Some of those upgrades are among the best value on the site. Others are expensive theatre, and one of them is the single worst substitution documented here.

Awazon Market // onion addresses

The three strings below open the same market. The same account, the same balance, the same open orders sit behind each one. Copy a string, paste it into Tor Browser, and read the last six characters in the address bar before you type a password.

awazonozc4jwyrveu4473igv5ldt2hnccl2s7lerm2z27cvrc22e4uyd.onion
awazonth6ocz5cyos63czmhtsglqr7ydkdcc4lopux7nxbauoo2qmvyd.onion
awazonvaqbgkhirejon6qnlxcjibrhkqhzh2xb2lclc6t67vxhlvjkyd.onion

NOTHING HERE IS RANKED. THE ORDER IS THE ORDER THEY WERE WRITTEN IN.

IWhat the client decides

The software you use decides three things. What the page you open is able to learn about your machine, how much of your session survives after you close it, and how much damage a hostile page can do if you land on one. That is a genuinely large scope, larger than the network layer, which is why two of the six verdicts below are unconditional.

It still does not decide whether the address you pasted is the real one. No client on earth reads the string for you.

IIThe six records

C1 // COSTS MORETor Browser to another browserIncluding the ones that advertise onion support. The worst trade on this site.C2 // DO ITStandard to SaferOne slider, no install, and it removes the class of attack that needs scripts.C3 // ONLY IFWindows to LinuxReal, but smaller than people expect, and only for a reason you can name.C4 // COSTS MORELaptop to phoneSame market, much worse screen for the one check that matters.C5 // ONLY IFInstalled system to TailsLeaves nothing behind. Also leaves nothing behind that you wanted.C6 // ONLY IFSingle machine to WhonixThe strongest technical answer here, and the one most often installed for the wrong reason.

IIIThe order of value

If you make one change in this group, make it C2. It takes ten seconds, costs some page features, and closes off everything that needs scripting to work. If you make two, the second is not an operating system. It is reading record A2, which is in a different group and is worth more than the whole of this one.

WORTH SAYING PLAINLY

Tails, Whonix and a fresh Linux install all protect the delivery of a password to a clone with exactly the same diligence they protect anything else. The client layer cannot see the address bar.