Re: [tor-talk] Tor in Mexico

["Mondior Folimun" <mfolimun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, November 14, 2011 12:37 AM, "Gozu-san" <gozu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On 12/11/11 20:50, Mondior Folimun wrote:
>
> > To be on the safe side, someone who speaks Spanish should create a
> > fake email account and make sure these people know about Tor
> > Bridges. If the Zetas are as reckless as they seem, it might not be
> > too long before any Tor user who directly accesses the Tor network
> > from the area is in danger, regardless of what they use Tor for.
> > https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges
>
> Assume that the Zetas have full admin access for all local and
> regional ISPs in the areas that they control.  Also assume that they
> know Tor very well, run relays, and routinely communicate through it.
>
> How safe would it be, in those areas, to access Tor through bridges?

Isn't this exactly the situation for which bridges were designed? For
when your opponent has full control of your upstream and really wants 
to stop you from using Tor?

China has had success enumerating and blocking bridges, so bridges are
obviously not bulletproof. So far, I think they are the only ones able
to block bridges reliably. A few countries have blocked the public Tor
network, though.

Therefore, it would seem that bridges are much safer than using normal
Tor, and normal Tor is in turn much safer than accessing the websites 
directly.

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