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If a sufficient number of tor nodes decide that a particular onion site is undesirable, could it become filtered and basically unreachable?
by mkj 10y ago
If a sufficient number of tor nodes decide that a particular onion site is undesirable, could it become filtered and basically unreachable?
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- jlgaddis 10y agoI hope not. One of the use cases for Tor is bypassing exactly that type of censorship.
- ycmbntrthrwaway 10y agoHidden service will operate as long as at least one introduction point is not censoring. The concept of semi-static nodes (guard nodes, introduction nodes etc.) is what makes Tor secure against voluntary deployment of black lists and many probabilistic attacks. [1] https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services.html.en https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services.html.en
- ZoFreX 10y agoIt is not "censorship" if people decide they don't want to give you free bandwidth.
- ycmbntrthrwaway 10y agoWhat we are talking about is a "sufficient number of tor nodes" blocking access to a service for everyone. If a majority can block some content by vote, it is a censorship.