[tbb-bugs] #21944 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Makeing all TBB users into middle nodes to make website traffic fingerprinting attacks much harder for a attacker

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#21944: Makeing all TBB users into middle nodes to make website traffic
fingerprinting attacks much harder for a attacker
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     Reporter:  Dbryrtfbcbhgf             |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  enhancement               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  High                      |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Major                     |   Keywords:
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 Making every user that uses tor into a middle node would increase the
 overall network bandwidth and have a constant flow of data entering and
 leaving each users network. This could make a website traffic
 fingerprinting attack much harder for a observer watching the traffic on
 the users end. When the user starts Tor Browser bundle it could randomize
 the advertised bandwidth to prevent a attacker from subtracting the max
 bandwidth from the users network and get a estimation on how much the user
 and not the middle node is using. This could also make it much harder for
 a time correlation attack to be preformed on users because of the constant
 traffic flow entering and leaving the users network.

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