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Re:Deanonymizing Tor Circuits by Operyl on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:39AM (#22216851)
Your last point falls flat if they’re already running a public guard though.
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Re:Deanonymizing Tor Circuits by mirimir on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:53AM (#22216899)
Why?

It "falls flat" if you're using a malicious guard. But then, you're already screwed, in that case.

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Re:Deanonymizing Tor Circuits by Operyl on Sunday February 02, 2020 @09:37PM (#22220984)
Because they could already be running a node that's indexed and has the guard flag.
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