On 09/07/2016 01:39 AM, Dave Warren wrote: > On 2016-09-06 11:29, Green Dream wrote: >> The whole idea doesn't sit right with me. >> >> For one, I'm not sure I'd want any more Five Eyes entities running >> Exit nodes. Most embassies are already a haven for espionage activity. >> You'd pretty much have to assume they'd be sniffing the exit traffic. > > All the more reason to add a bunch of unrelated and unimportant traffic > like a Tor exit node. > > If you only shred your Top Secret documents, every piece of shredded > paper is potentially a secret to an interested party, but if you mix in > tons of unrelated material, it adds a whole ton of noise. Which is exactly why the research arm of the U.S. Navy, which invented onion routing, didn't keep it to itself, but made it open source. > For the same reason that libraries often stand up for our rights, I'd > hope embassies would also consider using their resources and unique > legal position to stand up for rights that "we" believe in. > > However, whether they do or not, is unknown to me. This entire discussion has been a fascinating one. I've never even heard of a consulate or an embassy running a relay, much less an exit node. A case of the dog that did not bark in the night-time, perhaps?
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