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https://people.csail.mit.edu/devadas/pubs/circuit_finger.pdf https://people.csail.mit.edu/devadas/pubs/circuit_finger.pdf > This detection reduces the anonymit
by cheez 11y ago
https://people.csail.mit.edu/devadas/pubs/circuit_finger.pdf https://people.csail.mit.edu/devadas/pubs/circuit_finger.pdf
> This detection reduces the anonymity set of a user from
millions of Tor users to just the users of hidden services.
My understanding is that when that set of users is just 1, you can correlate other circuits to that user.
It's not like "oh, running SSH to your home server means you are X", but it dramatically simplifies the task of identifying you.
- axx 11y agoThe article just describes how to use Tor as an alternative to port-forwarding/dynamic DNS. It does not say this is the best and most secure way to access your server. Still, what you've said is true.