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Noob here. Upon reading the original bounty, which stated the purpose was "to study the possibility of obtaining technical information on users and users' equi
by themattbook 11y ago
Noob here.
Upon reading the original bounty, which stated the purpose was "to study the possibility of obtaining technical information on users and users' equipment of Tor anonymous network..." Could it be possible that Russia's intentions with Tor are purely ethical? Perhaps verifying it's integrity or seeing with their own eyes the benefits before investing?
- secfirstmd 11y agoReally really doubt it. I would lean much more towards the Russian government wanting to be able to demask Tor users.
- themattbook 11y agoYou're probably right. After thinking about it, why would Russia even bother unless it was to obtain something they didn't already have. So the next question is, why abandon the efforts?
- schoen 11y agoOne thing to keep in mind when reading about government efforts to attack security software is that one part of the government may not have access to, or even know about, the capabilities of another part of the government. Or even capabilities of people within the same agency!
- secfirstmd 11y agoOne hand not talking to the other = Every government ever... :)
- themattbook 11y agoDuly noted! It all makes sense now. :)