Comment on There are probably fediverse instances being run by governments for surveillance purposes
madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 year agoJust know that various governments have been confirmed to be running their own Tor nodes and monitoring traffic. To the point where they can de-anonymize some stuff in the right conditions.
medium.com/…/a-brief-history-of-government-survei…
Then you have the whole KAX17 thing.
That attack type is mitigated both through protocol updates and network management.
It hasn’t been a problem for several years.
That isn’t to say that you should trust TOR completely, just that you don’t have to worry about sybil attacks on the network.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
What else are you going to use?
I think the actual risk for a single low priority individual is low. However, run a node of you can. Also install the snowflake extension
madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 year ago
I didn’t say don’t use it, I am just making a note for those that don’t know Tor and expect it to be the 1 tool to rule them it all.
Yes, some of the attacks I mentioned have been mitigated, but that’s no reason to assume it is 100% foolproof. Clearly, it wasn’t before.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
The browser is much weaker than the network itself. Stay up to date with security patches and run Tor in a live environment like Tails OS
madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 year ago
Again, just saying not to lean on Tor as your only privacy tool that is 100% foolproof. The comment I originally applied to made it seem like Tor is the only thing you need.
Even your suggestion includes a secondary tool.