Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Huge Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Tor is for privacy, not crime Date: 10 Aug 2017 09:25:23 GMT Organization: Piglet's Pickles & Preserves Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: usenet@huge.org.uk X-Trace: individual.net zHzd+6ncCi5/uvuw6D4zKQctewOxZq9EmAM/j2vsyGSWX3cbZN Cancel-Lock: sha1:afkI1YSRdXnIehXmAnlOt81RKMg= X-No-Archive: Yes X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:14297 On 2017-08-10, mausg@mail.com wrote: [41 lines snipped] > I am convinced, being of a somewhat suspicious mind, that Tor is a honeytrap. > I have read rumors that the protocol was developed by NSA to allow US spies, > agents in China to communicate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#History > I would not trust VPN's much either. Depends where the end-point is. You get a choice between being spied on by the West or extorted by criminals. -- Today is Boomtime, the 3rd day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3183 I don't have an attitude problem. If you have a problem with my attitude, that's your problem.