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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this isn't fixable at the DNS level. I can't remember when it was first researched, but sometime after the birth of To
by 0xbadcafebee 5y ago
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this isn't fixable at the DNS level.
I can't remember when it was first researched, but sometime after the birth of Tor, there was increased interest by DoD and others to track connections over an obscured network. The end result was a paper that showed you could identify the sources and destinations of traffic solely by monitoring aggregate traffic over major routes in the network. In essence, for completely encrypted tunnels, you could know exactly what user was using what Tor exit node, assuming you had enough network sensors spread out and enough sample data. There was also the possibility of discovering Tor hidden nodes and what users were using them.
Therefore, regardless of traffic (ex. DNS), if you have the motive to find out who is doing what on the internet, and the capital and access for the network sensors, you can find out who's going where (and even doing what to a certain extent).
The more traffic is encrypted, and the more we push for more privacy and more difficult we make it to monetize our network access, the more reason they have to increase their surveillance, so they can continue to fund all these products and technologies we take for granted.
The cause of an arms race isn't arms. It's the inability to come to terms on an issue. We should be addressing the issue, not ramping up our weapons research. I know this isn't a "sexy solution", but it would definitely free up our time to worry about more important or interesting things.
- matheusmoreira 5y ago> The cause of an arms race isn't arms. It's the inability to come to terms on an issue. We should be addressing the issue No, there are no compromises with these people. What they do is completely unacceptable. We want them to stop. Just cease all surveillance operations. Asking them nicely does nothing. They just refuse. So we'll fight them with technology of our own.
- bruce343434 5y agoHence, arms race, which "we" will lose because "they" have money and power.