Russia Blocks TorProject.org and Begins Blocking of Wider Tor Network

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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (13 children)

who owns tor

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (8 children)

The US government. You only use Tor if you have to. It was made by the navy. And there’s only like ten thousand nodes.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

If we stand for freedom of speech, we should each host a node. It's not hard.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed.

And an open-source VPN or few.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

If you want to be framed for shit and invite the government into your home, you should host a node. If we had like a million plus nodes, that would be amazing.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

You think that's going to happen if I host one? Hm...

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Be careful. Tor is easy to use, but it is not easy. It’s not just like a “hey world” program. A node moves all different types of traffic, legal and illegal. There’s encryption. There’s a special way of moving traffic.

I have read that “in theory” the traffic can be tracked, in spite of the fact that it is encrypted traffic, separated into bytes, and “randomly” transmitted over several different nodes.

I used to dabble in the dark web, ALOT. And then I realized I was only using it out of curiosity, and not out of need. I wasn’t getting anything out of it. The risk of using something like that, way out weighted the benefit.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Tyranny man, I'm sick of it. But thank you for the advice. If we all toe that line though, our freedoms are only legend at this point.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I used to dabble in the dark web, ALOT.

What do I click to buy drugs?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would have to get back on to know.

[–]Drewski[S] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The internet was also started as a DOD project (ARPANET). Not saying that it's foolproof as it does have weaknesses, but I wouldn't dismiss it's utility either.

[–]thoughtcriminal 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

glowies

[–]adultmanhwa 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

bad Russian partner, the bully lol

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

the answer is the US govt

[–]Canbot 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Fun fact: tor was invented by DARPA for the expressed purpose of giving spies and dissidents of other countries a way to hide thier internet activities. It really is more of a surprise that it took this long.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Started by the US Navy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network)