Bitcoin Users Leery of Tor: 23% of the Network’s Exit Capacity Compromised
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by Jamie Redman
August 12th, 2020
Excerpt:
Hackers are stealing bitcoin through the large-scale use of malicious relays on the Tor network according to a newly published research report on the subject. The researcher dubbed “nusenu” said he warned people about the growing problem in December 2019 but instead of improving Tor exit relay activity “things have become even worse,” he stressed.
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Re: Bitcoin Users Leery of Tor: 23% of the Network’s Exit Capacity Compromised - by Jamie Redman
So TOR unsafe for BTC?
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Re: Bitcoin Users Leery of Tor: 23% of the Network’s Exit Capacity Compromised - by Jamie Redman
Tor has never been entirely safe. Even years back, people hosted naughty nodes that attempted to sniff, decrypt, or redirect traffic for nefarious purposes. It should really only be used as a means to evade political censorship, IMO.So TOR unsafe for BTC?
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