[tor-relays] NPR story: When A Dark Web Volunteer Gets Raided By The Police

[Virgil Griffith]

> Besides, as I said, the FBI, just like any ISIS affiliate, can put
> up all the exit nodes it likes, so it would be a waste of time for
> them to bug other exits. A blacklist of these supposedly bugged
> exits would be ridiculously useless for its incompleteness. It
> wouldn't do any harm either, so go ahead, but that's certainly not
> something Tor's security should rely upon.

I personally I agree with you Marco.

However, some people's interest in Tor is less about security or
anonymity, but chiefly as an avenue by which they can establish
alternatives to as well as challenge various established
power-structures.  Cohabitating with representatives of said
power-structures, even when it doesn't actually affect the security
model, makes them uneasy.  Although groups within the Tor community
may have slightly different long-term goals, it is in our collective
interest to get along.

-V

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 12:02 AM, Marco Predicatori
<marco at predicatori.it> wrote:
> Tristan wrote on 08/04/2016 19:57:
>> In this instance, it was local authorities, and the guy bought all-new
>> hardware, so I'd say this specific problem is solved.
>>
>> For future reference, how would we even find these incidents? This time it
>> was on the news, but if it wasn't, nobody would have known.
>
> Besides, as I said, the FBI, just like any ISIS affiliate, can put
> up all the exit nodes it likes, so it would be a waste of time for
> them to bug other exits. A blacklist of these supposedly bugged
> exits would be ridiculously useless for its incompleteness. It
> wouldn't do any harm either, so go ahead, but that's certainly not
> something Tor's security should rely upon.
>
> Marco
>
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