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   by gye 8y ago

   Terminology is the single biggest problem here: "Anonymous communication" in CS does NOT mean you do not reveal your identity to the person you are communicating with. It means you stay anonymous from the network perspective: No t
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   by gye 8y ago

   Again, very simplified. The design makes sure everyone knows about the same network. The network is being monitored by independent folks constantly, and you cannot just ramp up lots of capacity without anyone noticing. Not only the current
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   by gye 8y ago

   Where does Tor claim to do more than it can? Can you point at any specific statement? Compared to anything else in that space, I always liked how Tor does not promise magic, but is actually pretty open about its weaknesses. Most of what com
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   by gye 8y ago

   Tor already "pads" to cell size. There is ongoing work towards better padding. Look at WTF-PAD for more. It is surprisingly difficult to improve padding effectively, and you just can't add delays to TCP streams. Tor is not &q
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   by gye 8y ago

   This can be refuted pretty easily, on various grounds. One, you are assuming that all parties interested in deanonymizing Tor collaborate. As you say: agencies, not agency. The design makes sure that you do not need to trust any node in par