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Re: [tor-talk] Hoax?
On 04/01/12 19:24, Geoff Down wrote:
> Let's try that again...
> http://pastebin.com/jBPFsUSg
> "We did crack Tor's encryption to reveal 190 IP addresses of individuals
> using Tor for Child Pornography"
They didn't "crack Tor's encryption". They posted a fake "Tor security
update" on one of the Hidden Wiki pages. It was actually malware that
sent true IP addresses to their server(s) when Tor wasn't running.
TAILS would have prevented that, because there's no history. Using a
Tor gateway VM would have prevented that, because there's never Internet
connectivity except through Tor. Connecting to Tor through a VPN
service would have provided a safety net (to the extent that the VPN
provider protects users' privacy).
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