Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ...
by belorn on Monday May 10, 2021 @04:38PM
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For the first usecase, the #1 problem in privacy security is that databases get leaked at some point in the future. Some VPN's has been caught logging way to much, and then either having to disclose it or have it leaked. Three hops with with no logs with my name and banking information, and only a gate node that has an ip address is fine enough for privacy sensitive visits to regular (legal) websites.
For 2), Tor browser is a single executable that I can just start and run on any computer, even through a remote control if I want to very the network through a customers own computer. No credentials, no payments, no waiting.
Don't know enough about nordvpn for 3).
4) Hidden services is tor only.
5) Nordvpn would work fine for that.
Different security threat need different security measures. The biggest risk to my own security is not that someone mitm my tor connection because I do not use tor for services which I have an account with, and would never do banking on a tor connection. My bank can more or less find what my network is anyway by looking at my transaction and which of those is an ISP. Leaks from companies however seems so common that one get posted here on HN every month, and haveibeenpawned feel more relevant today than antivirus.
For 2), Tor browser is a single executable that I can just start and run on any computer, even through a remote control if I want to very the network through a customers own computer. No credentials, no payments, no waiting.
Don't know enough about nordvpn for 3).
4) Hidden services is tor only.
5) Nordvpn would work fine for that.
Different security threat need different security measures. The biggest risk to my own security is not that someone mitm my tor connection because I do not use tor for services which I have an account with, and would never do banking on a tor connection. My bank can more or less find what my network is anyway by looking at my transaction and which of those is an ISP. Leaks from companies however seems so common that one get posted here on HN every month, and haveibeenpawned feel more relevant today than antivirus.