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How does that square with the GP's linked articles that allege the FBI "cracked" TOR on multiple occasions? It strikes me as cognitive dissonance that someone
by pphysch 3y ago
How does that square with the GP's linked articles that allege the FBI "cracked" TOR on multiple occasions?
It strikes me as cognitive dissonance that someone would simultaneously distrust the USG for obvious reasons (TFA is about Snowden), yet also think they are a perfectly noble arbiter of "secure communications", and look the other way when copious evidence suggests that the USG has means to compromise said "secure communications".
It's a very roundabout way of arguing "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear". TOR is a fine product if you aren't doing anything that the USG would realistically prosecute you for.
- kube-system 3y agoThe USG is not a monolith and doesn't operate like one. It is composed of many entirely different organizations doing different things with different goals.
- pphysch 3y agoIf it were just one agency, sure, but we have evidence that State, DARPA, and FBI all have their hands in the TOR cookie jar. It would be naive to assume that CIA and NSA aren't there too. Occam's Razor says that TOR is primarily a tool of the USG for enabling intelligence & influence operations, particularly those involving low-level assets without clearances (e.g. color revolutions), and the stuff about "consumer privacy" is an unreliable side effect.