[tor-bugs] #18361 [Tor Browser]: Issues with corporate censorship and mass surveillance

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#18361: Issues with corporate censorship and mass surveillance
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 Reporter:  ioerror                       |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement                   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                          |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser                   |        Version:
 Severity:  Critical                      |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  security, privacy, anonymity  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                |        Sponsor:  None
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Comment (by jgrahamc):

 Replying to [comment:214 tne]:
 > Replying to [comment:213 jgrahamc]:
 > > Do you mean could we only show a CAPTCHA to sites that we already know
 are under attack?
 >
 > Yes. I can only assume this was on the table at some point, but I feel I
 don't have a full understanding of the problem.

 CloudFlare already does that for sites that are under DDoS (under some
 circumstances) but it doesn't really make sense here. The Tor network
 isn't a source of DDoS for us, it's a source of all sorts of other abuse
 (see above).

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