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Isn't tor exceptionally slow though? I haven't used it in a few years - has anything changed?
by fareesh 6y ago
Isn't tor exceptionally slow though? I haven't used it in a few years - has anything changed?
- krageon 6y agoIt is. It's not practical for this use-case.
- aborsy 6y agoIt’s slow, with NSA hunting at exit nodes.
- phaer 6y agoExit nodes aren't used if one connects to an onion service. And for all we know, the NSA snoops traffic at all major internet exchanges, so tor exit nodes might get extra attention, but so do e.g. people who's search history suggests they might be sysadmins (if i remember reports on xkeyscore selector correctly)
- abdullahkhalids 6y agoYou can watch videos on it fine these days - though I wouldn't recommend, for social ethical reasons, using it for streaming movies/music off your personal server. Unless of course, you are running a node.
- phaer 6y agoMost slowness comes from exit nodes which you don't need to access onion services. There're also single-hop onion services, which should be a bit faster while sacrificing server anonymity if i understand correctly