OnionShare makes it easy to publish anonymous, uncensorable websites

Re:OnionShare makes it easy to publish anonymous, uncensorab... by ping_pong on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @03:11PM (#21262449)

The reason why it hasn't been shut down is because they already have ways to compromise it, so it's better to act like they want to get rid of it, all the while knowing that they can crack it if they really need to. It creates a false sense of security.

If there's truly a guaranteed secure way of doing things, the government would act a lot quicker.

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Re:OnionShare makes it easy to publish anonymous, uncensorab... by SkyBelow on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:09PM (#21263130)

This makes the assumption that the government has the ability to go after everyone using it to harm people, including tens of thousands of children, but chooses not to. Under such an assumption, one can no longer consider the government the good guy.

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Re:OnionShare makes it easy to publish anonymous, uncensorab... by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:24PM (#21263315)

The USG routinely ignores crimes that would reveal sources and methods. Some known moles have gotten off scot-free while they were fed disinformation because it was more valuable to keep their adversary in the dark about what the US knows.

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Re:OnionShare makes it easy to publish anonymous, uncensorab... by fishtacos on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @03:24PM (#21262588)

And you've reached this conclusion how?

The sense of security in anonymity is not false as long as the dark web continues to proliferate its services.

Your conclusion is invalid without providing further proof. If you want counter-proof, just visit the dark web one of these days. it's as vibrant as ever.

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