"Tor is dead technology"

[Razer]

On 10/04/2016 09:39 AM, Steve Kinney wrote:
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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."
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>> https://twitter.com/attractr/status/783014723226861568
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>> Comments?
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> "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
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> 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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