[tor-talk] Other bridge distribution methods [was: why does gettor require Yahoo or Gmail?]

mick mbm at rlogin.net
Fri Jul 25 17:48:03 UTC 2014


On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:07:17 -0400
Griffin Boyce <griffin at cryptolab.net> allegedly wrote:
 
>   Preventing bridge enumeration is a hard problem to solve, but I
> don't think that limiting gettor to gmail/yahoo actually solves it.
> It is not computationally difficult to pay for a few thousand yahoo
> addresses.
> 
>   What do you think about getting bridges via SMS?
> 

It ties the requester to a mobile account number. Or, if you use
something like a web/sms system, it discloses the bridge details. 

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