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How secure is Tor network? (lemy.lol)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by iso@lemy.lol to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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For example, I downloaded Tor network and using it for illegal activities. Can my govt track me? Can US govt track me? I know it encrypts something but if I remember correct, FBI was able to find some Tor users before.

Note: illegal activities was for example. I'm not going to do anything illegal. I'm just planning to serve my instance with a onion address.

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[–] asmodeus@programming.dev 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Most tor users got caught because of bad OPSEC, not because of the tor network itself…

[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 11 points 1 year ago

Bad opsec and hubris/idiocy.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 8 points 1 year ago

Maybe, parallel construction confuses the quality of ToR a bit. If I was a APT and compromised ToR I wouldn't want anyone to know, so i would use parallel construction to always have a non-ToR reason for a take down.

[–] iso@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So we need other security methods besides using Tor? Like what?

[–] asmodeus@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not using anything Google/Microsoft related would be a good start.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

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