On 02.03.2012 02:39, proper proper wrote: >> I don't see a difference between regular downloads >> and operating system >> updates. (I am speaking of Debian here, I don't know >> how other >> operating system or distributions handle package installation and >> updates.) Are regular downloads of 'several hundred of megabytes' not >> encouraged >> by the Tor project? > THAT is my question. The anonymity weakness is that operating system updates are well-known. If I know that state of your machine or can influence it (eg. by blocking certain updates for you), and have sufficient information to do a traffic correlation, ... It reduces your anonymity set, at least from a research point of view. I don't say I oppose your ideas in general, I just wanted you to be aware of that. But maybe I'm completely wrong here, some of the Tor experts certainly know better than I do :) -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/
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