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> To pick a random example look at VeriSign's root, the company that runs dot-com and dot-net, and manages dot-gov. Do you think they might be Best Fwends with
by tablespoon 6y ago
> To pick a random example look at VeriSign's root, the company that runs dot-com and dot-net, and manages dot-gov. Do you think they might be Best Fwends with the DoD/NSA/etc?
Even if that's true, why would the NSA exploit it for such a stupid and shotgun application as MITM'ing Tor exit nodes? It would basically be leaving a calling-card that results in a ton of pointless friendly-fire damage, and I don't think spies like to do stuff like that (you know, the whole cloak part of cloak and dagger).
- zo1 6y agoWell one theory is that Tor Exit nodes aren't the only place that such an actor is "tapping" into network connections and can MITM the traffic. I.e. They might be tapping into the network at the ISP-level.