Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.firefox Subject: Re: Tor Browser User Survey Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 12:29:14 +0100 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <86y0vwbd9x.fsf@example.com> References: <20250415.234434.f92ddeb9@yamn.paranoici.org> <9h2uvj1kcibpeldjp0c128codk1u8aiqa1@4ax.com> <86ikn44659.fsf@example.com> <868qnyh7o0.fsf@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="263122"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bblYQuwfx/MxCUButV7tiBLWzQo= sha1:pNfPEtv7KqGRU5x+82toAQW/D4I= X-User-ID: eJwNysEBwCAIA8CVioYExlHQ/Uew9z6fNJZAJ/z6RWeMWJD2Uhvy+GAglDqM2rTx/b1mFzLkDwgNEDs= Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.software.firefox:13143 Kash Patel 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.