> Use i2P, Luke! Even zzz himself (the current lead developer of I2P) says that Tor is the way to go for browsing the clearnet > zzz: First of all I want to s

> Use i2P, Luke! Even zzz himself (the current lead developer of I2P) says that Tor is the way to go for browsing the clearnet > zzz: First of all I want to say that I have a tremendous amount of respect for Tor, Roger Dingledine and the other Tor developers, and what they have accomplished. I2P and Tor started at about the same time and have a lot of similarities. > Tor has benefitted greatly from funding, academic analysis, and a large user base. We are exchanging ideas with Tor and I expect that both projects will benefit from that as well. > The fundamental difference is that Tor is designed for "exit traffic" to the regular internet. I2P is designed for in-network traffic - what Tor calls "hidden services". Tor has 1000 "exit nodes". I2P has only one. Exiting from an anonymous network to the regular internet has serious potential vulnerabilities. > As Roger Dingledine said in his talk at 25C3 (Dec. 29 2008), "Tor does not magically encrypt the internet". Neither does I2P. Accessing standard services through exit nodes can be done safely, but it takes great care. Snooping or worse by exit nodes, and blocking of exit nodes is problematic. That said, if your primary goal is anonymous access to the regular internet, Tor is the better solution. I2P is great for torrenting and other such uses, there's no doubt about that. [1] : https://www.gulli.com/news/2913-i2p-an-anonymous-network-interrogated-2009-03-09 https://www.gulli.com/news/2913-i2p-an-anonymous-network-int...