On 10/04/2016 09:39 AM, Steve Kinney wrote:
On 10/03/2016 09:59 PM, Razer wrote:
The poster of that tweet, @thegrugq, 'security researcher', also said: "the government doesn’t use Tor."
Comments?
"I was familiar with TOR and had it previously installed on a computer to anonymously monitor the social media website of militia groups operating within central Iraq." - Chelsea Manning, March 2013
Pretty sure he meant for secure government communications but thanks for that... Rr
So as of 2009 or so, U.S. Army intelligence was still using TOR for its originally stated purpose. I have not seen any indications that they have something better today; against its intended targets, TOR "just works." TOR has a daily user base of 1-3/4 to 2 million, a fair sized crowd to hide in. The likely alternative would be to impersonate a "normal" user via a fast VPN connection set up to spoof one's location and identity - and I am sure the intel services are all set up for that, where and as they have reasons to look perfectly normal vs. standing out as TOR users.