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[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago (21 children)

So when I first learned about TOR almost 10 years ago in uni, it was said to be compromised to a significant extent by secret services holding entry and exit nodes.

Is that not true anymore?

[–] cambionn@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also heared that bit about the secret service owning nodes a few years ago. It was trough a teacher that's also really in the stuff outside of teaching, and has a network of non-teaching proffesionals in the field.

It's something to keep in mind, at the very least. Tor already has some weaknesses anyways. You shouldn't trust it blindly just because it's Tor. If anything, I think it more has a false rep for how strong it is over struggling with a stigma.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

It was pretty much the same context for me, yeah.

Opsec always applies

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