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by als0
2091 days ago
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I think it remains the best in class for private browsing. They have to make difficult trade-offs that achieve acceptable levels of performance while not leaking metadata like a sieve. They do also have a good track record of handling security vulnerabilities. For the average user, the greatest threat is actually everything outside the Tor browser. For example, downloading certain files using Tor, then opening it in another application that leaks your address to other parties (e.g. certain video players). The chance of this happening might be a lot higher on a Windows system. Another big mistake is funneling unsanitized traffic through a Tor SOCKS proxy, because many applications leak their addresses. It's also worth mentioning that Tor still allows plain HTTP between the exit node and the destination website, so an ordinary user may not realize that they might be sending plaintext data. For people who may be targeted by governments, those scenarios are vastly more complicated and depend on how much of a prize you are. Tor's strength relies in numbers and on the uncooperative nature between certain countries. There will certainly be more traffic analysis based attacks. |
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