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Tor is borderline useless for privacy. It was literally built for the government [1] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network)#History https://en.wikipedi
by kulahan 4y ago
Tor is borderline useless for privacy. It was literally built for the government [1]
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network)#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network)#History
- 1101010010 4y agoThe Tor design spec literally says it is not meant to defeat a global passive surveillance panopticon like a world government. Know its limitations and it's a fine tool. By the way, the entire Internet was built for the government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpanet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpanet
- rOOb85 4y agoYou do realize that tor is open source and has been under scrutiny by some of the worlds leading security researchers? It may not be 100% perfect, but claiming it’s useless and ineffective simply because it was born out of government research is completely asinine.
- WeylandYutani 4y agoI use TOR to circumvent the government blocking torrent sites, ie 1337.to No it probably won't help if I want to buy fertilizer for a truck bomb.