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Who would trust Tor if one party controls 200 million nodes?
by kryptiskt 7y ago
Who would trust Tor if one party controls 200 million nodes?
- arminiusreturns 7y agoI've theorized the 50 percent attacks have already been executed at the nation state level for a long time now, but that many nodes could reduce the effectiveness of the current 50 attack. Unless of course the same three letter did both...
- gowld 7y agoI don't know if 50percent attacks exist on Tor, but in Tor, you don't need a 50percent attack, all you need is to attack the single Entry Guard a target uses. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/08/03/can-you-trust-tors-entry-guards/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/08/03/can-you-trust-to...
- arminiusreturns 7y agoI think 50 percent attacks apply to any supposedly decentralized service don't they?