"Tor is dead technology"

[Steve Kinney]

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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."
> 
> https://twitter.com/attractr/status/783014723226861568
> 
> 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

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.




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