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Is Tor a Honeypot?

posted by janrinok on Monday November 17 2014, @04:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the toss-a-coin dept.

shortscreen writes:

In July, Yasha Levine reported on a number of apparent conflicts of interest concerning the Tor project and those who promote it as a means of protecting one's anonymity online. In addition, evidence is presented that Tor users are actively being surveiled by the NSA, including a leaked NSA document noting the opportunity presented by this "critical mass" of targets. A follow up article reveals the hostile response from some Tor advocates.

Recently we saw law enforcement exercise their capability to identify and shutdown sites hidden via Tor.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Monday November 17 2014, @07:19PM

    by edIII (791) on Monday November 17 2014, @07:19PM (#116895)

    It has had bugs, and certainly isn't perfect, but it has a lot of people working to make it better. Maybe do that instead of spreading FUD.

    Uhh, yeah... has anyone noticed that since Snowden what is being attacked are privacy protocols and software like TOR and TrueCrypt?

    Not just attacked, we've been left without confidence in everything. Whether or not TOR or TrueCrypt is truly intact is kind of beside the point now. It seems like somebody wanted to confuse us, make us argue, and mess with our tools. Where's the science? Oh right, we can't trust that either.

    Sounds like a psychological warfare program to me...

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  • (Score: 2) by novak on Monday November 17 2014, @07:58PM

    by novak (4683) on Monday November 17 2014, @07:58PM (#116919) Homepage

    I agree. Tor is a basically good tool, whether it currently protects you or not. Fighting against those attacking Tor and other privacy tools should be the goal, not bickering about how fucked we are by the NSA.

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