Setting country code?

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On 12/15/2010 09:29 AM, Runa A. Sandvik wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, . <Peace at aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net> wrote:
>> On 12/15/2010 08:46 AM, Runa A. Sandvik wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:10 PM, . <Peace at aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net> wrote:
>>
>> Is there a way to set Tor so that you only use a specific country for
>> what would appear as your IP address if you checked your IP address at,
>> say, myIPaddress.com?
>>
>> Yes, please see https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#ChooseEntryExit -
>> you will want to set the exit nodes.
>>
>> Here's what I read at the above link
>>
>> We recommend you do not use these — they are intended for testing and may
>> disappear in future versions. You get the best security that Tor can provide
>> when you leave the route selection to Tor; overriding the entry / exit nodes
>> can mess up your anonymity in ways we don't understand.
>>
>>
>>
>> What don't they recommend?  Is it the "ExcludeExitNodes" they're talking
>> about that they don't recommend you use or does it apply to Entry and Exit
>> also?
> It is not recommended because it "can mess up your anonymity in ways
> we don't understand". By using only exit relays in, for example,
> Germany you have have less relays to choose from than if you used
> *any* exit relay in the world. This applies to Entry and Exit, as well
> as Exclude.
>
My concern is that I don't trust particular exit or entry nodes
especially if they're in a certain country.  I've read that a country's
intelligence service might even be running the exit nodes. 
 

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