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Re:Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his I... by seg_lol on Monday September 06, 2021 @01:48AM (#28430752)
Yeah, what you outline means Tor is Swiss cheese (ha, ha, long game pun), when it comes to traffic analysis. Are all the IPs for Paris to Tor being logged at the ISP level? You bet!

Frankly, I don't think anyone is safe from the tip of a nation state, even small ones. But I do think we should protect everyone else and Tor would have done that.

Because this was clearly civil disobedience and that is what we really should be protecting.

https://www.cactusvpn.com/vpn/is-tor-safe/

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Re:Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his I... by dredmorbius on Monday September 06, 2021 @03:19AM (#28431289)
Agreed on goals. Tor undoubtedly helps, and even where it fails, the raised costs are themselves a win for the pro-privacy crowd.

Just ... don't think it's a majykal bullet. It's not. Tradecraft matters, vulnerabilities exist. Examine and review your threat models.

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