On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 09:38 -0500, . wrote: > On 12/15/2010 09:29 AM, Runa A. Sandvik wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, . <Peace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 12/15/2010 08:46 AM, Runa A. Sandvik wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:10 PM, . <Peace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Is there a way to set Tor so that you only use a specific country for > >> what would appear as your IP address if you checked your IP address at, > >> say, myIPaddress.com? > >> > >> Yes, please see https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#ChooseEntryExit - > >> you will want to set the exit nodes. > >> > >> Here's what I read at the above link > >> > >> We recommend you do not use these â they are intended for testing and may > >> disappear in future versions. You get the best security that Tor can provide > >> when you leave the route selection to Tor; overriding the entry / exit nodes > >> can mess up your anonymity in ways we don't understand. > >> > >> > >> > >> What don't they recommend? Is it the "ExcludeExitNodes" they're talking > >> about that they don't recommend you use or does it apply to Entry and Exit > >> also? > > It is not recommended because it "can mess up your anonymity in ways > > we don't understand". By using only exit relays in, for example, > > Germany you have have less relays to choose from than if you used > > *any* exit relay in the world. This applies to Entry and Exit, as well > > as Exclude. > > > My concern is that I don't trust particular exit or entry nodes > especially if they're in a certain country. I've read that a country's > intelligence service might even be running the exit nodes. > > It's my understanding (I hope to be corrected if I'm wrong) that this (CIA/NSA/MI6/MJ12/Illuminati running EXIT NODES ONLY) is not a threat to Tor as it stands. The Illuminati would be able to see what you're sending to the destination address (so don't put your name, birthdate, address, etc. through Tor unencrypted), but wouldn't be able to link that back to you, because you've got an entry node and a middleman node in between you and the Illuminati.
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