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I was initially worried about end-to-end traffic, but saw that the exit nodes and bridges haven't increased. If Google search traffic is a fair indicator, it lo
by jchung 13y ago
I was initially worried about end-to-end traffic, but saw that the exit nodes and bridges haven't increased. If Google search traffic is a fair indicator, it looks like genuine user growth is driving this. Google searches for "tor" haven't seemed to move much globally [1] but Russia saw a huge jump starting on August 16th [2].
Anyone know how to get the same info for Yandex to cross-check?
[1] http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=tor#q=tor&date=today%203-m&cmpt=q http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=tor#q=tor&date=today%...
[2] http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=tor#q=tor&geo=RU&date=today%203-m&cmpt=q http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=tor#q=tor&geo=RU&date...
- avlasyuk 13y agoThis might be the reason: "Russia’s FSB mulls ban on ‘Tor’ online anonymity network" http://rt.com/politics/russia-tor-anonymizer-ban-571/ http://rt.com/politics/russia-tor-anonymizer-ban-571/
- zokier 13y agoThe RU increase is relatively minor compared to the 50-60k user increase in the US. I find it very difficult to believe that these increases represent new actual people using Tor for web. The botnet-theory seems far more likely.
- TobbenTM 13y agoUsing only Google search to measure the increase would not be enough though. There are other really popular search engines in russian.