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> Is using Tor worth the effort? Definitely. > What are the benefits? Because of its 3-hop design, a non global passive adversary (GPA) would need to control

> Is using Tor worth the effort? Definitely. > What are the benefits? Because of its 3-hop design, a non global passive adversary (GPA) would need to control both your entry node and the exit node to de-anonymize one of your Tor circuits. In addition, Tor circuits generally last for 10min only. Also using the Tor Browser you get stream isolation meaning that you get different Tor circuits for different websites. You can also setup your own non-exit node and connect to it to ensure that no single point in your Tor circuit controls both the entry node and the exit node.

derefr 9y ago
> a non global passive adversary (GPA) would need to control both your entry node and the exit node to de-anonymize one of your Tor circuits That's not a benefit, that's a feature. A benefit involves a use-case. What does a person gain from not having their traffic de-anonymized? The described user is someone who doesn't have any particular activities they need to keep secret or risk jailtime. So, for them, what's an example of something that could happen differently in their real life if they used Tor vs. if they didn't? (This wasn't a rhetorical question; there are such use-cases. I'm just commenting to prod you into zooming out a bit from "privacy is its own end" to thinking more about what regular people care about and how privacy helps them get it.)