[tbb-bugs] #16985 [Tor Browser]: Security Level slider

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#16985: Security Level slider
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks  |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  blocker      |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
   Resolution:  invalid      |   Keywords:
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Changes (by yawning):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 Massive walls of text aren't great ways to file bugs.  That said...

 >Avoiding the countries/cities by default doesn't help because traffic
 goes through SIGINT places while routing, developers should make the
 slider to avoid exit nodes of known surveillance places and for hops
 developers should make the slider to avoid nodes basing on user location.
 Not under surveillance but located in any country nearby should be better
 than Five Eyes in all hops.

 It would be naive to assume that SIGINT activity wasn't being conducted at
 nearly every IXP. The change you want basically equates to "don't use the
 internet".

 > New Identity give same countries in a row or same entry/exit.

 New Identity does not rotate the Guard, and it would be absolutely
 disastrous for it to do so.  Changing the exit country will happen if the
 path selection randomly picks an Exit with a different country, but each
 invocation of the Path Selection algorithm is independent by design, and
 altering the present behavior will probably have a negative anonymity
 impact.

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