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Re: [tor-talk] Escape NSA just to enter commercial surveillance?



Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 12:51:31PM -0500, Philipp Winter wrote:
>> Logging in to Facebook over Tor reveals your identity, but not your
>> location.  Facebook still does not know if you are logging in from
>> Angola or Indonesia.  Also, Facebook doesn't get to learn your operating
>> system or your browsing history.
>
> Right. Tor provides many different security (anonymity, privacy, safety,
> whatever you want to call them) properties, and different users care
> most about different properties.
>
I'd add that this applies not only to TBB, but to onion services too. I
run a personal onion site with my real-world identity stated right on
the front page. And I have no problem with that.

Yury.
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