The downside of everything being federated is that it’s really easy to listen in. Make sure to keep yourself anonymous online!

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    17 days ago

    What else are you going to use? Also Tor is highly resistant to attacks and it is very hard to trace traffic even if you control a sizable amount of the network. I think using Tor for random stuff once and a while is good as it mixes in junk with sensitive stuff.

    I think the actual risk for a single low priority individual is low. However, run a node of you can. Also install the snowflake extension

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      117 days ago

      I didn’t say don’t use it, I am just making a note for those that don’t know Tor and expect it to be the 1 tool to rule them it all.

      Yes, some of the attacks I mentioned have been mitigated, but that’s no reason to assume it is 100% foolproof. Clearly, it wasn’t before.