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This is the ravings of a lunatic. >When a user makes a new account with Protonmail on TOR they are re-directed from Protonmail’s “.onion” to “.com” address. Th
by ltbarcly3 5y ago
This is the ravings of a lunatic.
>When a user makes a new account with Protonmail on TOR they are re-directed from Protonmail’s “.onion” to “.com” address. This breaks your secure encrypted connection to their onion address, enabling your identification.
Nope, whoever wrote this article has absolutely no idea what they are talking about. Onion routing works perfectly well on non onion addresses, and encryption doesn't mean butt for identifying where traffic is coming from.
- rovr138 5y agoOnion routing works, but there’s less security. The end node will have access to what’s being browsed. If it’s an onion site, the last node is the node you’re visiting. No way things can be leaked/intercepted.
- ltbarcly3 5y agoThat is irrelevant to identifying your IP address, which if the CIA is running protonmail (or the exit node, or any router between them) they can do with or without SSL unless you are using TOR, in which case they can't do with or without SSL. You missed the point. 10 seconds of research tells me that going to protonmail.com without ssl immediately just redirects you to https://protonmail.com https://protonmail.com so again the things said in this article are utter bunk, nothing of interest is sent to protonmail without ssl. It's called an 'exit node' not an 'end node'. If the site is using SSL the exit node will not have access to what is browsed, and REGARDLESS of whether you use SSL neither they (nor anyone else) will be able to see your real IP.
- wolverine876 5y agoThis assumes all security is working perfectly, usually a bad assumption in security. TLS (SSL) provides another layer. But I agree that the article is badly misinformed.