> the more people that use it, the more secure it gets, according to Patil. If only certain sensitive groups use it, it’ll be easier to deanonymize and ultimately track down identities.
Tor gained a lot of popularity after the Snowden revelations. We would need several Snowden-like leaks over the coming years to ramp Tor usage up substantially. And then there's no way of knowing how Tor would scale to support a new influx of users, year-on-year.
But I agree with Patil, the more people that use it, the better. If we could just shake the stigma that Tor = crimeware then that would be great.
Tor gained a lot of popularity after the Snowden revelations. We would need several Snowden-like leaks over the coming years to ramp Tor usage up substantially. And then there's no way of knowing how Tor would scale to support a new influx of users, year-on-year.
But I agree with Patil, the more people that use it, the better. If we could just shake the stigma that Tor = crimeware then that would be great.