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Re: Tor Browser User Survey

From Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject Re: Tor Browser User Survey
Date 2025-04-19 21:14 +0100
Organization Frantic
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mark@NotGoogle.com writes:

> On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 12:29:14 +0100, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>>Kash Patel <kash.patel@fbi.gov> writes:
>>
>>> On 17/04/2025 21:09, Richmond wrote:
>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Why are you convinced of that? It is open source, so someone can
>>>> check the crypto. They may know about flaws in that. They may monitor
>>>> exit nodes and look for patterns.
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you aware that the source code made public is sanitised while the
>>> binaries might be tweaked to catch people like John C browsing illegal
>>> porn sites.  Bad guys or government agencies know that people are not
>>> going to spend time to audit the source code for anything suspicious.
>>>
>>> Do you know how many separate files make the source code for the
>>> browser?
>>>
>>> China, Iran, Russia or North Korea (at government level) might spend
>>> time but that's for their own national security. They can't trust
>>> American or Israeli governments.
>>
>>I think what you have to do is consider who wants to get their hands on
>>your information, and which method is going to make it most difficult
>>for them. TOR may not be perfect but it is better than trusting your
>>ISP. And even a VPN provider is an ISP of some sort.
>
> You're right.
>
> This idiocy of the common comp user worrying incessantly about the
> gov't, etc., getting their hands on the info in their computer is
> ridiculous.

If that is true, then why this? :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_Communications_Data_Bill

Criminals use their neighbours' wifi.

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        Re: Tor Browser User Survey Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-16 09:55 -0400
        Re: Tor Browser User Survey Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2025-04-16 12:21 -0500
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      Re: Tor Browser User Survey Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-16 18:35 +0200
    Re: Tor Browser User Survey "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-16 05:09 -0700
      Re: Tor Browser User Survey Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-04-16 13:56 +0100
        Re: Tor Browser User Survey Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-16 18:37 +0200
          Re: Tor Browser User Survey Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-16 18:43 +0200
          Re: Tor Browser User Survey Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-04-16 17:47 +0100
        Re: Tor Browser User Survey "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-17 07:12 -0700
          Re: Tor Browser User Survey Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-04-17 21:09 +0100
            Re: Tor Browser User Survey Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-04-17 23:58 +0200
            Re: Tor Browser User Survey Kash Patel <kash.patel@fbi.gov> - 2025-04-17 22:25 +0000
              Re: Tor Browser User Survey Kash Patel <kash.patel@fbi.gov> - 2025-04-17 22:45 +0000
              Re: Tor Browser User Survey croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> - 2025-04-18 06:45 -0700
                Re: Tor Browser User Survey Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-18 16:43 +0200
              Re: Tor Browser User Survey Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-04-19 12:29 +0100
                Re: Tor Browser User Survey D <J@M> - 2025-04-19 18:55 +0200
                Re: Tor Browser User Survey mark@NotGoogle.com - 2025-04-19 13:42 -0500
                Re: Tor Browser User Survey D <J@M> - 2025-04-19 22:08 +0200
                Re: Tor Browser User Survey Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-04-19 21:14 +0100
                Re: Tor Browser User Survey mark@NotGoogle.com - 2025-04-19 17:15 -0500
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