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Re:1M People Use Facebook Over Tor by m00dy on Friday April 22, 2016 @03:34PM (#11552005)
That's true. Exit nodes do not play a role in hidden services. But, Rendezvous point does. So, If your node somehow selected as rendezvous point for meeting, then you could possibly sniff the traffic.
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Re:1M People Use Facebook Over Tor by dchest on Friday April 22, 2016 @03:34PM (#11552015)
This is incorrect, exit nodes are not involved with hidden services.

Edit: the original comment I replied to stated that exit nodes could sniff traffic.

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The connection is encrypted to the service's public key, what are you talking about? Stop spreading nonsense and go read documentation.

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Re:1M People Use Facebook Over Tor by herbst on Friday April 22, 2016 @03:44PM (#11552077)
They cant. That is the whole concept behind the word "onion" that they cant.
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