Hi Matthijs, hi all, On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 05:12:07PM -0000, Matthijs R. Koot wrote: > Unrelated or not, a nearly equally big spike is currently observed in > DE-initiated connections --- from 200k to 500k so far: > > https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-10-24&country=de > > Can anyone shed light on this? Obviously lots of hypotheses can be dreamt > up, ranging from (poorly implemented) hidden service indexing/scanning to > Sybil attacks or a legitimate change in the entry guard selection; but > speculation is rarely a friend. Dont't forget legislation. In Germany, mandatory telecommunications data retention on ISP level came into effect (for a second time) on 1 July 2017: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_retention#Germany As a counter-measure, NGOs such as my own have recommended using Tor. Of course, this is just one possible explanation. Cheers, Christian -- Christian Pietsch | volunteering for Digitalcourage e.V. https://digitalcourage.de | https://bigbrotherawards.de Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Staatstrojaner: https://digitalcourage.de/staatstrojaner-stoppen Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Vorratsdatenspeicherung: https://digitalcourage.de/weg-mit-vds How to avoid Google: https://pad.okfn.org/p/google_alternatives
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