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Just because the FBI used shitty browser exploits that would have easily been thwarted by sandboxing the browser properly, doesn't mean that Tor is secure. Run
by mike_hock 3y ago
Just because the FBI used shitty browser exploits that would have easily been thwarted by sandboxing the browser properly, doesn't mean that Tor is secure.
Running Tor nodes is pocket change for intelligence agencies, and a major legal risk for volunteers. It's virtually guaranteed that the US intelligence agencies own the majority of the network between them. If they were in an arms race with foreign intelligence agencies, the number of Tor nodes would be exploding.
It's just that the NSA won't lend its shiniest toys to the FBI just to bust some CP websites. The lives of children aren't worth the risk of exposing and losing a zero-day exploit.
- rockskon 3y agoIs it a major legal risk for volunteers? In most jurisdictions I've only heard of awkward conversations with police not familiar with what Tor is, but beyond that? Not much outside of jurisdictions that already aren't friendly to Tor.
- hifromwork 3y ago>It's virtually guaranteed that the US intelligence agencies own the majority of the network between them. I'm unconvinced by this argument. First of all, why US intelligence agencies and not let's say Czech intelligence agencies? Or, more likely, nobody owns the majority of the network and nobody wants an arms race?