Re: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Season 6, Episode 10.

[Dan Collins <en.wp.st47@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff wrote:
> On 10-Dec-06, at 2:08 PM, KT wrote:
>
> > Det. Wheeler : Let's start by tracing the server they used to upload 
> > the videos
> >
> > Ira: I tried that but… It was routed through special proxies, er…Tor 
> > server.
> >
> > Capt. Ross: In English Ira.
> >
> > Ira: It's a way of posting anonymously online.
> >
> > Capt. Ross: Why would a teenage vlogger hide her server?
>
> I laugh when they just pinpoint the source of ANY internet transmission 
> at the snap of their fingers in those shows. I always thought to myself 
> "I'd like to see that work against Tor!" Heck, if I was a criminal... 
> *shifty eyes*..... I'd at least use something to cover my tracks, they 
> make it look like no one does. It's good to see fantasy catch up with 
> reality once in awhile! =)

Me too - This night's numbers also just mentioned onion routing, and 
within the same five minutes, they managed to write a program to crack 
it, do so, and trace an IP to an address...Atleast the numbers were 
reasonable - the clearly fake IP addresses(645.872.123.632) always scare me.

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