On 09/07/2016 01:39 AM, Dave Warren wrote:
On 2016-09-06 11:29, Green Dream wrote:
The whole idea doesn't sit right with me.
For one, I'm not sure I'd want any more Five Eyes entities running Exit nodes. Most embassies are already a haven for espionage activity. You'd pretty much have to assume they'd be sniffing the exit traffic.
All the more reason to add a bunch of unrelated and unimportant traffic like a Tor exit node.
If you only shred your Top Secret documents, every piece of shredded paper is potentially a secret to an interested party, but if you mix in tons of unrelated material, it adds a whole ton of noise.
Which is exactly why the research arm of the U.S. Navy, which invented onion routing, didn't keep it to itself, but made it open source.
For the same reason that libraries often stand up for our rights, I'd hope embassies would also consider using their resources and unique legal position to stand up for rights that "we" believe in.
However, whether they do or not, is unknown to me.
This entire discussion has been a fascinating one. I've never even heard of a consulate or an embassy running a relay, much less an exit node. A case of the dog that did not bark in the night-time, perhaps?