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by tenebrisalietum 1061 days ago
Road A: Takes 2 minutes, chance of getting robbed is 80%

Road B: Takes 2 hours, chance of getting robbed is 2%.

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What’s the robbery in this analogy? From a liability perspective, using Tor is strictly more risky than routing over the ordinary Internet.
Identity.
I've been on the Internet for 25 years and only got robbed once, and even then, the credit card charges were reversed so it didn't cost me anything other than the annoyance of updating some accounts once I got my new credit card number.