ADB writes: > No crap. That's only if they're specifically watching YOU or something > you're connected to in some way. However, a large, vibrant Tor network > would greatly hinder 'roving wiretap' type passive intel gathering > operations. Roving wiretaps are *active* intelligence gathering operations. :) A roving wiretap is a wiretap in which the tappers have been authorized by a court to tap any phone the subject uses, not just a single phone (as in normal wiretap orders). Anyway, I'm not sure what effect Tor would have on something like the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program. They keep pretty detailed logs (and/or they can make use of the telco's pretty detailed logs, as EFF has alleged in its suit against ATT; I can provide some references to what typical logs contain if anyone cares), so they may still be able to do post facto, passive traffic analysis on streams carried by Tor. As the FAQ and Roger are careful to say, Tor does not defend against such powerful adversaries. -- https://www.eff.org/about/staff/#chris_palmer
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