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// START_DEFINITION /* The fingerprint identifies sessions visiting the Tor Project website from non-fvey countries. */ fingerprint('anonymi

// START_DEFINITION /* The fingerprint identifies sessions visiting the Tor Project website from non-fvey countries. */ fingerprint('anonymizer/tor/torpoject_visit')=http_host('www.torproject.org') and not(xff_cc('US' OR 'GB' OR 'CA' OR 'AU' OR 'NZ')); // END_DEFINITION I was surprised to see that they actually tried to exclude Five Eyes countries. The cynic in me wonders if there is "bug" that neuters the restriction.

sp332 12y ago
I'm wondering if "FVEY" meant something before it was rendered as "five eyes"?
- Mandatum 12y ago
  The "Five Eyes" term has been in use since 2006. Strangely enough the original Wikipedia document archived on the Wayback Machine seems to be unavailable, however we do know it pointed to "USAUK_Community" whose relationship was extended to include other allies which is now known as the "Five Eyes". Before 2007 the amount of searches for "FVEY" was near zero. The relationship between these five nations wasn't named publicly until 2006 or so, before that the relationship was there - just under another name. However there are documents dated to 2001 available on mors.org which have FVEY references: http://www.mors.org/UserFiles/file/82nd-Symposium/Form%20712%20A.pdf http://www.mors.org/UserFiles/file/82nd-Symposium/Form%20712... These are public so you can assume internal naming was used well before then.
- dsl 12y ago
  FVEY is the accepted shorthand for AUSCANNZUKUS classification, and has been used since the 50's when UKUSA was expanded.
revelation 12y ago
Well, we have already learned that their idea of origin country is IP ranges, even if the data clearly indicates otherwise. That said, they have a variable for directory servers in FVEY countries and one for non-FVEY countries. So I guess they collect everything and the distinction is only here because theres different legal boilerplate for the analysts to follow.
NamTaf 12y ago
Of course not; we're just all in bed together so hard that they get direct access from our respective agencies anyway. Why spy through clandestine means when your buddies hand you their own info anyway?
pkinsky 12y ago
What's interesting is that torproject is misspelled in anonymizer/tor/torpoject_visit. I suppose bugs are a universal constant.
mvanveen 12y ago
how about merely 50% confidence on whether or not an individual is considered "foreign?"

sp332 12y ago

I'm wondering if "FVEY" meant something before it was rendered as "five eyes"?

Mandatum 12y ago
The "Five Eyes" term has been in use since 2006. Strangely enough the original Wikipedia document archived on the Wayback Machine seems to be unavailable, however we do know it pointed to "USAUK_Community" whose relationship was extended to include other allies which is now known as the "Five Eyes". Before 2007 the amount of searches for "FVEY" was near zero. The relationship between these five nations wasn't named publicly until 2006 or so, before that the relationship was there - just under another name. However there are documents dated to 2001 available on mors.org which have FVEY references: http://www.mors.org/UserFiles/file/82nd-Symposium/Form%20712%20A.pdf http://www.mors.org/UserFiles/file/82nd-Symposium/Form%20712... These are public so you can assume internal naming was used well before then.
dsl 12y ago
FVEY is the accepted shorthand for AUSCANNZUKUS classification, and has been used since the 50's when UKUSA was expanded.

revelation 12y ago

Well, we have already learned that their idea of origin country is IP ranges, even if the data clearly indicates otherwise. That said, they have a variable for directory servers in FVEY countries and one for non-FVEY countries. So I guess they collect everything and the distinction is only here because theres different legal boilerplate for the analysts to follow.

NamTaf 12y ago

Of course not; we're just all in bed together so hard that they get direct access from our respective agencies anyway. Why spy through clandestine means when your buddies hand you their own info anyway?

pkinsky 12y ago

What's interesting is that torproject is misspelled in anonymizer/tor/torpoject_visit. I suppose bugs are a universal constant.

mvanveen 12y ago

how about merely 50% confidence on whether or not an individual is considered "foreign?"