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by m4jor 1139 days ago
Just more FUD being spewed from someone who knows nothing about Tor.

It's Tor not TOR FYI.

https://support.torproject.org/about/why-is-it-called-tor/

> Note: even though it originally came from an acronym, Tor is not spelled "TOR". Only the first letter is capitalized. In fact, we can usually spot people who haven't read any of our website (and have instead learned everything they know about Tor from news articles) by the fact that they spell it wrong.

We all know which one you fall under.

> Node compromise: It costs less than 5 dollars a month to create a TOR node. There are currently ~8000 TOR nodes/relays in existence. That is 40k USD per month (at most). Do you really believe state actors can't afford 40k USD per month to compromise the vast majority of TOR nodes? Even a single millionaire can compromise the vast majority of TOR nodes.

As someone who has ran a Tor exit node for 5+ years, lolol at this statement. Pure ignorance.

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Thank you for trying to defend Tor. Can you share some of what the parent was ignorant to?

Does it cost less than 5 dollars a month to create a Tor node?