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Downsides of using Tor

Posted by Tariq • Thursday, February 26. 2009 • Category: Tidbits
Shows Google being used over the Tor network, but Google thinks I no speaky the English.
Shows Google being used over the Tor network, but Google thinks I no speaky the English.

A small inconvenience I am sure! Well that and speed, which is horrendous.

Some interesting links: Nice overview of Onion and Garlic routing, Low-Cost Traffic Analysis of Tor, Low-Resource Routing Attacks Against Anonymous Systems, Shining Light in Dark Places:
Understanding the Tor Network (are the authors in jail for wire tapping?) and Tor hack proposed to catch criminals (or anyone, don't expect all the kids to play fair). For some background check out Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption.

Edit: The researchers did not go to jail.

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