Roger Dingledine commited on 2011-05-31 22:34:13
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Simple proxy providers also create a single point of failure. The provider |
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knows who you are and where you browse on the Internet. They can see your |
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-traffic as it passes through their server. In some cases, they can see your |
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+traffic as it passes through their server. In some cases, they can even see |
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+inside your |
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encrypted traffic as they relay it to your banking site or to ecommerce stores. |
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You have to trust the provider isn't doing any number of things, such as |
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watching your traffic, injecting their own advertisements into your traffic |
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-stream, and isn't recording your personal details. |
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+stream, and recording your personal details. |
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Tor passes your traffic through at least 3 different servers before sending |
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-it on to the destination. Tor does not modify, or even know, what you are |
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+it on to the destination. Because there's a separate layer of encryption for |
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+each of the three relays, Tor does not modify, or even know, what you are |
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sending into it. It merely relays your traffic, completely encrypted through |
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the Tor network and has it pop out somewhere else in the world, completely |
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intact. The Tor client is required because we assume you trust your local |
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<p>Right now, there are a small number of places in the world that filter |
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connections to the Tor network. So getting a lot of bridges running |
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right now is mostly a backup measure, a) in case the Tor network does |
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- get blocked somewhere, and b) for people who want an extra layer of |
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+ get blocked in more places, and b) for people who want an extra layer of |
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security because they're worried somebody will recognize that it's a |
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public Tor relay IP address they're contacting. |
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