[tor-talk] Is there a benefit to using the .onion address over a clearnet one?

[mal]

With .onion addresses, provided you know you have the correct address,
you can also be sure there's no TLS MITM going on, whereas https://.com
relies on the CA system.

In addition, .onion addresses are censorship-resistant -- require the
private key to mess with, instead of leaning on / social engineering /
hacking a registrar or DNS server.


On 08/07/2014 02:18 AM, Öyvind Saether wrote:
>> I use a service that provides both a clearnet address and an onion
>> address. I only access this service through Tor and I usually do it
>> via the clearnet address. Are there any benefits to accessing such a
>> service via its onion address?
> 
> Tor location hidden services have end-to-end encryption. If the site
> you are abusing has a http:// clearnet address then you get more
> end-to-end security by using the .onion address instead. 
> 
> Also, the exit node you are using can see someone visiting the site in
> question. This is also avoided if you use the .onion variant.
> 
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