Tor exit nodes and chilling effects [LWN.net]

Tor exit nodes and chilling effects

Posted May 22, 2008 13:12 UTC (Thu) by hazelsct (subscriber, #3659)
In reply to: Your internet link by martinfick
Parent article: Bruce Schneier reviews Access Denied

See for example: http://lwn.net/Articles/249388/

It doesn't capture all tor traffic, but it does capture enough to be a deterrent for speech
which needs protection.  It just takes one or two public examples of whistle-blowers arrested
while sending what they thought were anonymous packets through a monitored exit node to have a
major chilling effect.

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