Re: Re: Rise of the Dark Nets   
     By: Khelair to S/370 on Fri Aug 30 2013 09:45 am   
      
    >   Re: Re: Rise of the Dark Nets   
    >   By: S/370 to Khelair on Mon Aug 26 2013 03:02:27   
    >    
    >  > That's the thing. Considering that the US Navy originally developed tor,    
    >  > wouldn't be surprised if a good number of the exit nodes are run by the U   
    >  > government. But personallly I haven't heard any stories of people being b   
    >  > on tor (yet), so maybe its safer than it looks. Nevertheless, someone men   
    >  > I2P so I'll try reading more about that.   
    >    
    >     Yeah, I've thought about the exit node issue, too.  After all, that's ho   
    > good portion of the wikileaks information got pwned, too.  If you'll remembe   
    > Assange came on the scene, and it's not like you can just advertise "Leak al   
    > your info to us!  Be the first!"  When they got on the scene they already ha   
    > millions of leaked cables and documents.  It was from running tor exit nodes   
    > Thing about that is that you still can't determine the original sender's IP   
    > from the information that flows from them, so if you are careful enough with   
    > your online habits, you've still got a decent degree of protection.  Using t   
    > alone really isn't a good defense if you're still logging in to the same   
    > accounts, with the same passwords, from the same location, etc etc etc.  Tor   
    > site has a lot of documentation about proper usage of it that is pretty   
    > valuable.   
    >     Unfortunately, I just came across the news yesterday that the NSA has ma   
    > some massive, but thoroughly unspecific, advances in decrypting common   
    > encrypted data.  So it doesn't really specify if that is for SSL/SSH/PGP, or   
    > what, but it really should make a person reconsider what they're willing to   
    > commit to digital media in the first place.  I can't find the exact link tha   
    > first read it at, but here is one referencing the same information that came   
    > courtesy of Ed Snowden: http://tinyurl.com/oc3avnp  Needless to say, I'm   
    > reassessing my previous assertions that the PGP 2.3a algorithm, even, is sti   
    > an issue for the NSA to crack.   
    >     Came across this while I was looking for that last link, too.  Ugh I clo   
    > the link but it should be easy enough to google.  Looks like anybody with   
    > decent sniffing capabilities on your data can get through SSL pretty easily.   
    >     Oh as far as people being busted on tor, also...  Look up the massive wa   
    > of child porn busts that the federal government made not too long ago.  Thos   
    > were all related to federal interception of tor data and/or bitcoin data.   
    >    
    > -The opinions expressed are not necessarily an advocation of any of the   
    > aforementioned ideologies, concepts, or actions.  We still have the freedom    
    > speech, for now, and I enjoy using it in a satirical or ficticious manner to   
    > amuse myself-   
    >    
    > "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a   
    > revolutionary act." --  George Orwell   
    >    
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