Then use fucking what lol, literally everything is compromised one way or the other if you stretch it too far. I'm not hiding from the CIA I just wanna pirate shit and bypass stupid firewalls. Like maybe if I was Fidel Castro they'd put all their resources into identifying me through TOR or whatever the fuck, but alas, I am not.
What part of my post makes you think I’m talking about you?
Idk, you said that no one under 5 eyes should be using it, which sounds pretty absolute. Even if you are doing political work, what kind of political work are you doing that's gonna get the CIA jumping through hoops in TOR to surveil you? Idk, it just sounds pretty hyperbolic.
what kind of political work are you doing that’s gonna get the CIA jumping through hoops in TOR to surveil you?
There is a documented history of feds in the US and UK hiring agents to infiltrate completely harmless left-leaning spaces - bookclubs, mutual aid projects, etc - with the infiltration lasting years. Requesting information from intelligence-aligned internet client is not "jumping through hoops."
You realize that they don't have to come busting through your TOR or whatever to do that right? It's the easiest, cheapest and most efficient thing. And way more practical than just getting some rando's IP.
I am not trying to say TOR is completely safe or whatever. It definitely isn't but for the purposes of 99.9% of people, it is, especially if you combine it with something else.
Then use fucking what lol, literally everything is compromised one way or the other if you stretch it too far. I'm not hiding from the CIA I just wanna pirate shit and bypass stupid firewalls. Like maybe if I was Fidel Castro they'd put all their resources into identifying me through TOR or whatever the fuck, but alas, I am not.
What part of my post makes you think I'm talking about you?
There is a massive push to get political dissidents to use TOR. People need to understand that it is not any safer.
If you are not doing political work, this does not concern you. If you are, understand you are (probably) being surveilled on TOR.
Idk, you said that no one under 5 eyes should be using it, which sounds pretty absolute. Even if you are doing political work, what kind of political work are you doing that's gonna get the CIA jumping through hoops in TOR to surveil you? Idk, it just sounds pretty hyperbolic.
There is a documented history of feds in the US and UK hiring agents to infiltrate completely harmless left-leaning spaces - bookclubs, mutual aid projects, etc - with the infiltration lasting years. Requesting information from intelligence-aligned internet client is not "jumping through hoops."
You realize that they don't have to come busting through your TOR or whatever to do that right? It's the easiest, cheapest and most efficient thing. And way more practical than just getting some rando's IP.
I am not trying to say TOR is completely safe or whatever. It definitely isn't but for the purposes of 99.9% of people, it is, especially if you combine it with something else.
Yes, I've said that several times in this thread lol
This thread is about political dissidents using TOR. I said, "hey that's actually not helpful." That's it.