• astral_avocado@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Those onion layers don’t add up to nothing… also I’ve heard it’s under constant attack. Plus not enough people running relays and exit nodes.

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          And I absolutely believe it. If anyone can run an exit node, then there’s absolutely no way the NSA isn’t running one and sniffing all the traffic

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            If they don’t control most of the nodes in-between they can control all the exit nodes they want. If you connect though 3 Tor nodes, as soon as one of them is not controlled by them they likely can’t identify you.

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            The CIA, not the NSA. Tor is a great way for agents deployed abroad to phone home with plausible deniability: “I’m sorry Mr. Chinese Officer, I got homesick and really wanted to watch some BBW porn…”