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IIRC, with the Freedom Hosting bust the FBI compromised the Hidden Services server, then used a browser javascript exploit to leak the real IPs of those who con
by bcook 11y ago
IIRC, with the Freedom Hosting bust the FBI compromised the Hidden Services server, then used a browser javascript exploit to leak the real IPs of those who connected. So, your quoted text is very plausible.
Tor is intended to be anonymous, but not absolutely.
- hollerith 11y agoWe're talking past each other. The way I interpreted the text I quoted, if the FBI needed to make use of a javascript exploit, then they're doing more than "simply logging". Context is important when interpreting text. The context of the quoted text included the question of whether the judge knew, when he or she issued the warrant, that the FBI would try to break into all the computers being used to sign into the site.