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> [Tor is] designed to protect the most vulnerable internet users out there -- people facing state censorship on the level of corporal punishment being used, fo
by rakoo 3y ago
> [Tor is] designed to protect the most vulnerable internet users out there -- people facing state censorship on the level of corporal punishment being used, for example
While this is the reason Tor was created, I don't believe it's good to segregate usage based on whether we actually need that level of privacy or not. If anything, using tor when no one else uses it may decrease privacy, because you're more easily targetable. If everyone uses it all the time, it's not clear anymore whether you're using it because you actively try to protect yourself or it's just there. Just like SSL was created at a time when businesses started to get interested in the web, now TLS is used for everything and can't be used to target specific uses.
Tor is like vaccines and masks: it works better if everyone uses them
- wizzwizz4 3y agoIf you are running an exit node, yes. However, if the general public takes up this advice, connections will time out before the whistleblower has finished uploading the 15GiB .zip to the dead drop.