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Ok, so the main part is that it is open source, and presumably one can inspect the code and compile it for one's self. If so, then any government/military/inte
by alan_cx 13y ago
Ok, so the main part is that it is open source, and presumably one can inspect the code and compile it for one's self.
If so, then any government/military/intelligence concerns become irrelevant. Right?
- haakon 13y agoIn practice, yes. In theory, Tor does not protect against a global passive adversary, so if you believe that there exists an entity capable of observing all traffic on the net globally, and you have reason to believe you are a high-enough-value target for them, then you should not use Tor.
- rsync 13y agoTor is currently (as in, today, 2013) funded by the US government. This is a different problem than the original US Navy development. Your threat analysis should include this fact.