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Is TOR compromised? (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

All the recent dark net arrests seem to be pretty vague on how the big bad was caught (except the IM admin's silly opsec errors) In the article they say he clicked on a honeypot link, but how was his ip or any other identifier identified, why didnt tor protect him.

Obviously this guy in question was a pedophile and an active danger, but recently in my country a state passed a law that can get you arrested if you post anything the government doesnt like, so these tools are important and need to be bulletproof.

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[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 46 points 3 months ago

This question gets asked every year and every time it turns out to be an OPSEC mistake instead

[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

And hopefully will continue to be asked, because one day it may not be poor OPSEC.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Well OPSEC is the stated cause. Who knows how the person was initially identified and tracked. For all we know he was quickly identified through some sort of Tor backdoor that the feds have figured out, but they used that to watch for an unrelated OPSEC mistake they could take advantage of. That way the Tor backdoor remains protected.

[-] z00s@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As far as we know. Could be mitm servers

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It's like being surprised that body armor doesn't help against being gassed.

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