On: 'Tor Stinks' presentation – read the full document

[Ogre]

Of course, if they actually have a really easy time de-anonymizing users, they might "leak" a document like this to encourage people to keep using it.

Conspiracy theories are fun!

[AnIrishDuck → Ogre]

It already says they want people to keep using Tor. Read the last slide:

> Critical mass of targets use Tor. Scaring them away from Tor might be counterproductive.

In other words, they'd rather only have to break one anonymization service instead of five.

[captainmuon → Ogre]

If I had a few million dollars to run compromized Tor nodes, and the ability to subpoena (and gag order) any Tor node operator in USA, UK and a couple of other major countries to give me their keys, I would be able to easily de-anonymize a large portion of the network.

[kansface → captainmuon]

It is commonly assumed that the NSA/CIA run a substantial portion of the exit nodes. Morever, they are a global adversary (one Tor is not designed to defeat).

[dublinben → captainmuon]

How many times can you employ that tactic until the savvy targets move onto more secure networks?

[debacle → Ogre]

This is probably part of the Snowden files, so it was unlikely to be an intentional leak.