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Concerning whether Tor networks might or might not be compromised trojan horses: Reason why it might be: 80% of the Tor Project's $2M annual budget comes from
by clicks 13y ago
Concerning whether Tor networks might or might not be compromised trojan horses:
Reason why it might be: 80% of the Tor Project's $2M annual budget comes from the United States government (says wiki), this perhaps implies that the US gov. has some influence or control over what goes into Tor, and so if there's anyone who knows how to identify Tor users, it's the US gov.
Reason why it might not be: Snowden had Tor stickers on his laptop, that sort of lends credence to the fact that NSA doesn't have it down yet on how to id Tor users and it is still a good and reliable anonymity tool.
- lambada 13y agoYou missed the biggest reason why it probably isn't: Tor is Open Source. The chance of any deliberate Trojan Horse being added in such a high profile project is virtually nil.
- skue 13y agoHe was referring to the possibility that the NSA can already crack the underlying encryption algorithms via quantum computing, etc. If that's the case, being open source and correctly implementing the encryption algorithms is moot.
- dfc 13y agoLOL. You offer the presence of stickers on a laptop as proof of anything. What a joke. Perhaps the govt money is because the gov needs cover traffic just like everyone else. Or perhaps the feds have a vested interest in providing a secure comm channel or dissidents in unfriendly countries. I need to reinstate my moratorium on reading HN prism discussions. I can't wait to tell people: "Its not the academic literature or availability of the source code that makes me confident in tor's security, its the stickers I saw on a laptop"
- mpyne 13y agoDidn't we just see a story posted to HN about how those who believe in one conspiracy theory are likely to believe in others? They make the evidence fit their worldview, not the other way around.