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Why do we trust Tor and Protonmail, again? Ugh.
by JabavuAdams 7y ago
Why do we trust Tor and Protonmail, again? Ugh.
- ta999999171 7y agoTor is open source/not a vendor. But a good point, for Tor hosts.
- saagarjha 7y agoWhat should we trust?
- xorcist 7y agoTor places limits on how much of the network must be owned by an adversary in order for them to extract useful information from it. They are quite transparent about it.
- Fnoord 7y agoWho said we do? That's up to each person to (consder to) construct a threat analysis. Protonmail uses JavaScript, which can theoretically be serving nonsense to a specific client. There's no way you will audit the source every time you use it. I use it, for larping, and because I like the though that there is still some competition in the e-mail landscape. Tor is a completely different league... but I don't consider the actions I (might) perform there to be confidential for the rest of my life, so I act accordingly. YMMV.
- upofadown 7y agoWe don't. Trust is relative, not absolute.