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seasonone ( seasonone@opidea.xyz )  to Technology · 3 years ago

Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget

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The Onion Router, now called Tor, is a privacy-focused web browser run by a nonprofit group.
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      Sure, it all depends on how paranoid you are, my point was more that saying someone is untrackable if they use Tor has a lot of caveats.

      For the average pleb it’s probably fine, if all they’re doing is just trying to dodge regular trackers and not the authorities

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