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Tor's onion addresses aren't human-meaningful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko%27s_triangle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko%27s_triangle
by Forbo 6y ago
Tor's onion addresses aren't human-meaningful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko%27s_triangle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko%27s_triangle
- GoblinSlayer 6y agoPeople don't type addresses, they open google, type "facebook" there and click the first link. Phishing often relies on similarity between different domain names. Switching to tor domains will remove assumption of reliability of domain name reading.
- dna_polymerase 6y agoAnd replaces it with what exactly? A trusted source of truth? Meaning Google? Haha.
- hertzrat 6y agoIt will be harder to verify whether an address is real or fake. You would have to trust the search engines. Offloading the responsibility to google basically makes google the DNS provider
- GoblinSlayer 6y agoPhishing wouldn't work if addresses were easy to verify. And safe browsing services wouldn't be needed either.
- haha_lul 6y agoI do :)
- sellyme 6y agoThere is approximately zero overlap between the userbase of Tor and the group of people who get to Facebook by Googling "facebook".
- GoblinSlayer 6y agoUserbase of tor has no problem with onion domains.
- NeutronStar 6y agoI don't know how you got here today but I: 1. Opened a new tab. 2. Pressed the n key. 3. Pressed enter. Where does it matter if it's readable if I have bookmarks?
- ajot 6y agoReadable addresses means you can go to some site for the first time and be sure it's the address you wanted. It's not a SHA256 checksum, but it's human-doable in some seconds.