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"It's not more dangerous than connecting through a regular proxy, or through a Wifi network at some coffee shop or hotel. And how trustworthy is your ISP exactl
by jerguismi 13y ago
"It's not more dangerous than connecting through a regular proxy, or through a Wifi network at some coffee shop or hotel. And how trustworthy is your ISP exactly?"
Totally false claim. I would bet my ass that there is higher probability to have your traffic sniffed by tor exit nodes than by regular ISP's. At least for short-term malicious purposes, like email snooping and credit cards.
(For more long-term malicious purporses, NSA etc., you can't be really sure.)
- belorn 13y ago"I would bet my ass that there is higher probability to have your traffic sniffed by tor exit nodes than by regular ISP's" Totally false claim. The biggest nodes on the tor network is run by established tor enthusiasts, and the largest portion of traffic is routed through them. Social pressure makes those people unlikely to put the node in jeopardy by sniffing exit traffic. However, there is not much that would deter a coffee shop employee against sniffing the wi-fi, or for that matter, making them care to secure the router against would-be-attackers. As such, I would be that there is a higher probability to have your traffic sniffed when visiting the local coffee shop, than by a tor exit nodes.
- ris 13y agoI think you are massively over estimating the power of this "social pressure", especially when up against the obligations of NSLs and the like.