Grugq: Tor No Panacea

[Me]

The Grugq was an 0day reseller who transitioned to Infosec/Opsec bobblehead.  Still maintaining close ties to the hand that feeds.



On December 28, 2016 4:25:47 AM CST, The Cuckq <the.cuckq at sigaint.org> wrote:
>> the.grugq at gmail.com:
>> panacea
>
>No shit.  Prevention is the point of Tor, not damage mitigation, i.e.,
>"healing"
>
>> privacy activist cult
>
>TIL: privacy = cult
>
>> I got triggered
>
>What a fagq
>
>> strong security posture
>
>It is only posturing, isn't it
>
>> security (and/or privacy)
>
>Without security there is no privacy; isn't this guy a philosopher
>king; wtf
>
>> VPN provides the same protections
>
>Bullshit, VPNs are guaranteed to fail
>
>Tor is at least a gamble, until trust-aware path selection enables a
>better experience
>
>> Tor has only one use case – to evade the authorities
>
>This fuckq with the pro-LEA false narratives
>
>> VPNs are (typically) not actively malicious
>
>Neither are "whites"
>
>> and you have no good reason to use it
>> except as an evasion tool against state authorities
>
>Again with the false narratives
>
>> Tor Browser Bundle is the worst browser possible
>
>I guess he never used IE/Edge or Chrome
>
>What a newb
>
>> Anonymity is essentially a property of a system that ensures any user
>> is equally likely to be the source of an event
>
>This guy is fucking retarded
>
>Not knowing who dun it doesn't mean it could be anybody
>
>> Diversity is obviously less good for anonymity
>
>Seeing a user as a regular Chrome, FF, or Safari user does more for
>anonymity than Tor homogeneity
>
>> Global Passive Adversary
>
>It is clear that they are actively attacking people, why use inaccurate
>labels

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