I'm 100% that most of the people who use tor through these devices, use it because it's cool. They will try login to their Gmail account and their Facebook page or watch Netflix through it. Some might use it for torrents. That's about it...
I don't believe that it will be used to anonymise their internet profiles. They probably need just some sort of authority circumvention.
That is what I'm afraid of. Popularizing Tor in this manner is actively harmful to the Tor network and doesn't provide any real benefits. Tor operates its network on a limited budget.
The people this is marketed too should use a VPN if they want to circumvent local network policies.
> The attack is actually worse than that: apparently in some cases uTorrent, BitSpirit, and libTorrent simply write your IP address directly into the information they send to the tracker and/or to other peers. Tor is doing its job: Tor is _anonymously_ sending your IP address to the tracker or peer. Nobody knows where you're sending your IP address from. But that probably isn't what you wanted your Bittorrent client to send.
> So what's the fix? There are two answers here. The first answer is "don't run Bittorrent over Tor". We've been saying for years not to run Bittorrent over Tor, because the Tor network can't handle the load; perhaps these attacks will convince more people to listen. The second answer is that if you want your Bittorrent client to actually provide privacy when using a proxy, you need to get the application and protocol developers to fix their applications and protocols. Tor can't keep you safe if your applications leak your identity.
VPN providers do sell them. Not so cheap though. It is time intensive, they have to get regular routers and install Tomato or DDWRT. Is kind of interesting since you can get ASUS N routers that can run DD-WRT for $20-$25. They don't sell much because tech savvy people will just do it themselves.
I don't believe that it will be used to anonymise their internet profiles. They probably need just some sort of authority circumvention.