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>If you think your traffic is not being monitored over Tor, then you have thought incorrectly. Tor exit nodes can only monitor traffic for a very short period
by swapfile 3y ago
>If you think your traffic is not being monitored over Tor, then you have thought incorrectly.
Tor exit nodes can only monitor traffic for a very short period of time, you create a new circuit and pick an entirely new path through the network very often.
>This does not happen by default, meaning all of your traffic is mixed together. It doesn't matter that it migrates routes every so often.
Absolutely true, a solution to this is to use Whonix or Tails which automatically stream isolates all pre-installed programs, therefore correlation by circuit sharing is impossible. Unfortunately that does not work on a phone, but in the end, using Tor for this is no worse than a VPN.
>Exit nodes don't know where the traffic is coming from, until, of course, you accidentally access your personal domain name over HTTPS
This seems like a straw man. There's not many options to Tor. A VPN will know where you're coming from by default.
- conradev 3y ago> you create a new circuit and pick an entirely new path through the network very often It is every 10 minutes: https://support.torproject.org/about/change-paths/ https://support.torproject.org/about/change-paths/ > This seems like a straw man. There's not many options to Tor. It wasn't intended to be a straw man, it was intended to highlight the complexity of hiding your identity online. Tor is indeed one of the best mixnets out there, but it is _not_ a panacea, and if used incorrectly can actually make your privacy _worse_. The Tor Project itself has official guidelines on how to use Tor safely when you do need it: Tails or Tor Browser. Recommendations that stray from this, from an engineer not familiar with Tor, can actually be _harmful_.