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by cmpctyd 13y ago
A normal, non-exit relay node will not be identified as "trafficking in illegal bits" by any sane police force. A normal relay will trade from A to B in only encrypted traffic and will not touch websites on the behalf of users, on
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
I'll throw in another anonymity network (I2P). Its design is similar to Tor, created in 2003 and is mostly interesting due to some of its properties (tunnel based/garlic routing, everybody-is-a-router, etc). https://en.
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
Running a relay to help could be a good start. It's pretty simple[0][1]. The risks associated with being a Tor exit node do not apply to all relay types and the network can be helped greatly by running a standard relay too (standard re
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
It does not hurt any nodes used for the connection's anonymity, it does hurt their connectivity and performance. Tor nodes are publicly known and are not the same as Tor users. One of the many problems of BitTorrent or any high bandwid
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
BitTorrent over I2P exists (and is popular). A torrent client is bundled out of the box. A custom spec exists for this also[1]. As for Tor.. Tor and BitTorrent do not mix; the bandwidth is not available (BitTorrent chokes Tor relays due to
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
Relaying 'existing' traffic is the "random noise". It provides obscure, 'random' traffic between nodes but serves a purpose by providing bandwidth. The content of this traffic could easily be a useless packet,
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
I2PBote[0]: distributed, p2p, encrypted, anonymous (internal) email. It uses I2P's DHT. [0] http://i2pbote.i2p.us/ (or http://i2pbote.i2p from inside I2P)
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
As I understand, modern cryptography is distinguishable from "random". Onion and garlic routing provide more useful and productive ways of reaching the same goal.
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
Any cryptographic application could be vulnerable and not "hold up". It is wrong and dangerous to suggest that any program or tool is absolute. A court case in Germany not long ago involving RetroShare and its f2f nature did not e
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
I2P has been around since 2003, same time period as Tor's beginnings. You can read academic review here which may help answer your question: http://www.i2p2.de/papers.html
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
This is already done in a variety of networks for plausible deniability. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorFAQ#DoI... I2P does similar in making every user an internal participant. A n
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
"small systems"; I get that it can be hell-like on very small systems but the Raspberry Pi works great. There's a thread on zzz.i2p about it.
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by cmpctyd 13y ago
You can disable/lower routing. There is also bandwidth limiting. I don't recommend disabling the routing entirely, however.
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YouTube spitting out obscure message for all searches
3 points by cmpctyd 13y ago|1 comments
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by cmpctyd 14y ago
VPNs are constantly being mentioned as a solution to companies, governments, etc attacking privacy but it's extremely easy to make a bad choice and end up with more than you bargained for (a VPN ran by someone you were trying to escape, for