On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 14:59:26 -0400 Steve Kinney <admin@pilobilus.net> wrote:
The State Department funds TOR to defeat national firewalls of "repressive regimes", enabling communication favorable to the U.S. National Interest.
true
TOR is a two edged sword that can also be used against the National Interest, so the NSA thinks TOR stinks.
False, please do not post garbage. By now any 'observer' should realize that the nsa is a 'fully capable' 'global passive adversary' - In no way tor can be used against the **US** national interest. HELL, even tor scumbags admit it http://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/chacs/biblio/users-get-routed-traffic-correlatio... Do your fucking homework Steve.
But apparently State, CIA etc. will not give TOR up, because of its role in the development and management of dissident groups in countries slated for destruction.
There's absolutely no reason for the US government to give up tor since it's perfectly working AS DESIGNED AND INTENDED.
A really big bump in TOR traffic crossing the borders of "repressive regimes" could create traffic jams that degrade TOR's performance right where the State Department wants TOR to work best, and escalate the arms race between TOR and the operators of national firewall filters. This would shift the cost/benefit ratio for TOR's sponsors in the wrong direction. Hence "hairball."
One possible solution would be to build privacy directly into Internet protocols. That could drive the costs associated with network surveillance way up compared to today's rates, while making TOR and etc. redundant.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6973
Of course, every State and Corporate stakeholder will unite against implementing any such scheme, even if practicable solutions are found. But someday, somewhere a window of opportunity might open up, and meanwhile "there's no such thing as wasted basic research."
:o/
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