Post #4387591

2026-08-05 00:05 UTC

@benroyce@mastodon.social @mike805@noc.social @ohir@social.vivaldi.net @rootschange@kolektiva.social @scathach@stereophonic.space Tor is still effective combined with other privacy tools such as OTR messaging with forward secrecy. The trouble is most users still don't realise that traffic between the exit node and open internet isn't encrypted by default, so they make stupid mistakes. The point of Tor is that everyone is Spartacus; it doesn't make you invisible! That's a severe limitation of the tech requiring careful planning to mitigate depending on the specific use case.

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@benroyce@mastodon.social 2026-08-05 00:12

@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world @mike805@noc.social @ohir@social.vivaldi.net @rootschange@kolektiva.social @scathach@stereophonic.space I'm not saying don't use tor I'm saying there is no magical large scale easy tool that is impenetrable You either have to: 1. roll your own bespoke shit, and not get too large, because then the govt comes knocking 2. make peace with the best of the large easy services that still care about privacy, but exist with the govt's permission, because they divulge the bare minimum, like Signal There are no better options

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