Re: [tor-talk] What good is using Facebook through https://facebookcorewwwi.onion/ ?

[Virgil Griffith <i@xxxxxxxxx>]

The usual example given for this is, "if you don't want to share your
amount of Facebook use with your ISP or the NSA, Facebook supports you
doing that."
On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 at 17:19 Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 09:19:12AM +0300, Qaz wrote:
> > What good does https://facebookcorewwwi.onion/ bring? I think there are
> > but not much and not that far away from the benefits one can have
> > logging in via mainstream browsers such as Firefox and Chrome.
>
> Perhaps you're on a secret mission somewhere and want to log into
> Facebook, without letting even Facebook know where you are.
>
> Perhaps you can't access Facebook from where you are, but can access
> Tor.
>
> Perhaps neither applies to you, but you just want to make sure those
> people to whom it does apply don't stand out.
>
> Perhaps you think all Internet traffic should use onion routing.
>
> Perhaps there's another reason for using it that you don't want to
> share, which should be fine: one shouldn't generally have to explain why
> one uses Tor.
>
> Martijn.
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