Friday, 27 December 2019

Tor: Private Internet Access @TheBlock__ #Infrastructure #Privacy #dissident technology #Internet #Iran #privacy #tor

    Quick Take

  • Tor is a protocol for using the internet privately.
  • Tor relies on a tech...

        Quick Take

    • Tor is a protocol for using the internet privately.
    • Tor relies on a technique called onion routing, which encrypts requests and relays them through several intermediate nodes.
    • Tor is vulnerable to traffic analysis, but is widely used, battle-tested, and improves privacy dramatically.
    • Tor usage in Iran follows interesting patterns that differ from those in the rest of the world.

    Karim Helmy is an independent analyst in the cryptocurrency space with a focus on mechanism design and data analysis. Reach out at karim@timelock.cc.

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    source https://www.tokentalk.co/The Block/tor-private-internet-access-5e05f6f174e4a4ca2e09319f

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