privacy in peril - criminals abusing tor for malicous behavior should be blocked, right?
criminals abusing tor for malicous behavior should be blocked, right?
“50% of the attacks are leveraging the Tor anonymity service to mask their true origins”
https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/new-local-attack-vector-expands-attack.html
this could destroy the “honest” part of the network that truly exists, because it could criminalize the honest users, that want nothing but avoid a #1984 style of digital dictatorship.
or is malbehaving small group found in every nation just something that the tor network / democracy has to tolerate for the sake of freedom of speech & privacy?
There are many many attacks on Tor in order to try to break it
(just recently a probably gov sponsored group called KAX17)
“Given the number of servers run by KAX17 the calculated probability of a Tor user connecting to the Tor network through one of KAX17’s servers was 16%, there was a 35% chance they would pass through one of its middle relays, and up to 5% chance to exit through one.” (src)
This is a problem that probably can be fixed, but what about the first one?
#linux #gnu #gnulinux #opensource #administration #sysops #tor #log4j #attacks #cybersec #cyber #itsec #privacy #KAX17 #1984
Originally posted at: https://dwaves.de/2021/12/21/privacy-in-peril-criminals-abusing-tor-for-malicous-behavior-should-be-blocked-right/
