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A comment on Duck Duck Go: Illusion of Privacy (2013). Parent comment

Re:Duck Duck Go: Illusion of Privacy (2013) by jacquesm on Saturday September 23, 2017 @07:15PM (#15322296)
Well, if you want to trust your anonymity to luck or not being monitored then yes, you can be anonymous on Tor. But that's little comfort. It's possible to cross a highway blindfolded too. But it isn't smart to do so and it is even less smart to assume that it will always work just because you can't see the danger with your silly blindfold on.
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Re:Duck Duck Go: Illusion of Privacy (2013) by fish_fan on Saturday September 23, 2017 @07:28PM (#15322346)
Thankfully, none of your assumptions are true if you consider TOR one part of anonymity as your parent comment did.

Not to mention, you conspicuously avoid comparing degrees of anonymity. Obviously TOR is better than SSL, which doesn't provide any anonymity.

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Re:Duck Duck Go: Illusion of Privacy (2013) by ZenoArrow on Sunday September 24, 2017 @06:27AM (#15324186)
If you use Tor as part of a group of privacy measures then you can protect your privacy online, but it's useful to know what the potential weaknesses of Tor are so you know what other measures to take.
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