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How secure is Tor network? (lemy.lol)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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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[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I guess the phone number leak, I wouldn't really call it a fiasco though

[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

That was also a hack on Twilio. Signal itself wasn't compromised in any way if I am not wrong.

[–] iso@lemy.lol 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I said "fiasco" because they did not share the backend server repo for a while and did not make any statement about it. Maybe a little overreaction than it should be. But for an app that promises privacy, it's kinda annoying.

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 2 points 11 months ago

Oh that, yeah that was pretty bad tbh