So if the NSA controls the guard middle then exit could they track me? Sent from my Android so do not expect a fast, long, or perfect response... On Sep 8, 2013 12:56 PM, "harmony" <harmon...@riseup.net> wrote:
> Nathan Suchy: > > Would my traffic still be secure? > > > > Sent from my Android so do not expect a fast, long, or perfect > response... > > > > The answer is the same as when you asked 'how private is Tor' - what > does 'secure' mean? > > The attacker would be able to identify your location and destination in > all circumstances. If you were browsing over https, they would have no > more access to the content of your traffic than if you were connecting > directly to the secure website (unless they separately found a way > around that as well). > > If you were not using https, the content of your transactions would be > readable and modifiable by the attacker (as it normally is by any exit > node operator in that situation). > > So if you were browsing over https (and heeded any certificate > warnings), and you were concerned only about the content of your > communications, then being attacked by all three nodes would not change > your level of security. If your definition of security includes not > having your machine associated with a list of destinations on the > internet by an observer then in this case, even with https, your traffic > would no longer be secure. > > Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
