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> Having tor-like anonymity without needing to use a special browser and slow network is definitely an advantage This is potentially huge. Maybe for a resource
by dwohnitmok 6y ago
> Having tor-like anonymity without needing to use a special browser and slow network is definitely an advantage
This is potentially huge. Maybe for a resource-light webpage (in terms of content downloaded by the user) the overhead of a Tor onion architecture is negligible and combined with being able to use your regular old browser with no special configuration, that could mean just having specialized onion architectures for certain websites could make privacy a lot easier to realize for the end user.
The barriers of slow load times for every webpage and the need for end user configuration are pretty big barriers.
- lucb1e 6y agoI mean, there's a reason we're not commonly doing this: a setup where the relaying and the back-end component are from the same organisation make it fairly useless. You need to find an established partner that wants to work with you to have some claim to not be colluding. And even if so, the front-end can always deliver another piece of javascript that carries off a copy of the plaintext to a server of their own. This setup has some clear disadvantages over Tor. But to repeat what I said before: I shouldn't be too critical when all I'm really saying is "it might not help enough to be worth the effort". If there are no downsides either (well, the effort, but that's up to the dev and consequently the user who pays the dev indirectly) then it's better to do it.
- bawolff 6y agoThis is not tor like anonoyminity. At best this is like vpn-level anonoyminity.