[tor-talk] Tor and HTTPS graphic

Ted Smith tedks at riseup.net
Wed Mar 7 00:27:31 UTC 2012


On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 16:20 -0800, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> andrew at torproject.is writes:
> 
> > The GPA is in every paper on the topic. But only Seth has the real
> > answer.
> 
> I was concerned that the graphic should not make people think that
> _no one_ can ever associate them with their browsing when they use
> Tor.  I've been taught to think of the GPA threat (and other traffic
> correlation threats) as real, so I thought people should have some
> indication of those threats.
> 

Is it unfair to say that, properly used and in the context given in the
graphic (using HTTP(S) websites), there is no known adversary that can
associate them with their browsing? I'm not a full-time PET researcher,
but smarter people than myself in this thread seem to think the GPA is
more of a myth than a reality.

Yes, the GPA is in every paper, but what you put in papers is different
from what you put in introductory material.
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