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Why is this comment the top comment when it's a bunch of conjectures, scare mongering tactics and half-truths at best? Sure if you're on tor and no one else aro
by soheil 5y ago
Why is this comment the top comment when it's a bunch of conjectures, scare mongering tactics and half-truths at best? Sure if you're on tor and no one else around you is then you stand out, so what? Now there is a faint signal that there is something suspicious going on. To assume one could with sufficient accuracy narrow down a target based on a weak signal like that to see what they're up to is like assuming we're going to general AI any day now because obviously imageNet is so good. Let's not allow the creation of an echo chamber to add confusion to the great work people at the Tor project are doing and to instill even more fear in those who may want to dissent against authoritarian forces.
- cellis 5y agoI’ll start out by saying I agree with you on Tor being a layer in a “defense in depth” strategy but to imply my response to this is fearmongering is quite premature. Feel free to give a point by point rebuttal for the community. I have given quite a bit of thought to how to stay anonymous even though I use my real name and identity here, and have no real issues with government. Tor is the definition of deceptively simple, and there are a lot of impressionable people who read articles like this on the web when they’re first starting out who could easily be lulled into a false sense of security and then start transacting on the darknet and think they can’t be touched. OGs on HN know better and remember the threads where tptacek and cperciva would routinely dismantle this notion of tor or VPN anonymity/security.