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> TOR is explicitly not private, only anonymous It depends on how you use Tor. For example, visiting your own personal homepage and then using the same relay t
by cyberlab 6y ago
> TOR is explicitly not private, only anonymous
It depends on how you use Tor. For example, visiting your own personal homepage and then using the same relay to visit a NSFW site would be bad OPSEC. Also, Tor comes pre-installed with HTTPS Everywhere, and you can toggle a setting that disables all http traffic if you're worried about sketchy exit nodes analyzing your plaintext traffic.
Remember: Tor can't read your mind. If you want true anonymity you have to go through extraordinary lengths to achieve it, and even then, you could make mistakes.
- qw3rty01 6y agoThe caveats you're mentioning are exactly why tor is a bad tool if privacy is your main goal. None of those concerns would be an issue with a service that focused on privacy. Also HTTPS everywhere isn't enough; you also need ESNI, which requires server support.
- xvector 6y agoAnd even if ESNI was ubiquitous, a malicious exit would simply perform a reverse DNS lookup and have very high certainty about which sites you’re visiting.