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What convinced you it’s a honeypot? I’ve been reading about it lately but remain unconvinced. Just curious
I believe the theory is it’s possible to de anonymize tor by controlling a majority of exit nodes which some people believe the government does
Another one to check out is I2P if you haven’t seen it
Its not just the exit nodes, you also need to control the entrance nodes to pinpoint people in the network.
That is an expensive arrangement which I doubt the CIA or defense industry would put money towards to surveil people going through the network.
That makes sense good add, thx!
Makes sense, thanks for the response. I’ve set up I2P on my computer but haven’t used it much yet. I love the concept though