Change History: Is Tor Compromised by the US government

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Date User Modification
July 28, 2020 double.emms@gmail.com Changed Removed to True
July 28, 2020 double.emms@gmail.com Changed Removed to True
July 28, 2020 lishevita Changed Evidence Description to Tor was a military contractor with its own government contractor number
July 28, 2020 lishevita Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 lishevita Changed Evidence Event Date to July 28, 2020
July 28, 2020 apdq Changed Evidence Event Date to July 29, 1914
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Evidence Description to Code is open for public review
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Evidence Event Date to None
July 28, 2020 B1uDe4D Changed Hypothesis to It was created by a government agency
July 28, 2020 apdq Changed Evidence Event Date to Oct. 7, 2029
July 28, 2020 apdq Changed Evidence Description to US Gov continues to give financial backing
July 28, 2020 apdq Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 apdq Changed Evidence Event Date to July 28, 2020
July 28, 2020 daiz_bytes Changed Evidence Description to There's passive MITM going on in the Tor network
July 28, 2020 daiz_bytes Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 daiz_bytes Changed Evidence Event Date to June 21, 2015
July 28, 2020 dduncan Changed Evidence Description to Bug in underlying tech
July 28, 2020 dduncan Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 dduncan Changed Evidence Event Date to None
July 28, 2020 amazonv Changed Evidence Description to ran malware servers
July 28, 2020 amazonv Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 amazonv Changed Evidence Event Date to None
July 28, 2020 checco Changed Evidence Description to Exit nodes exist in known government IP blocks
July 28, 2020 checco Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 checco Changed Evidence Event Date to July 21, 2020
July 28, 2020 duck Changed Hypothesis to Government entities run some TOR nodes
July 28, 2020 duck Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 necopinus Changed Evidence Description to Half of the Tor Project's funding now comes from the private sector
July 28, 2020 necopinus Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 necopinus Changed Evidence Event Date to None
July 28, 2020 amazonv Changed Evidence Description to no back door pledge
July 28, 2020 amazonv Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 amazonv Changed Evidence Event Date to None
July 28, 2020 double.emms@gmail.com Changed Evidence Description to The FBI ran a child porn onion service in order to deliver malware to unmask users
July 28, 2020 double.emms@gmail.com Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 double.emms@gmail.com Changed Evidence Event Date to None
July 28, 2020 B1uDe4D Changed Evidence Description to The government created Tor for spying
July 28, 2020 B1uDe4D Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 B1uDe4D Changed Evidence Event Date to None
July 28, 2020 veganjay Changed Evidence Description to Tor was created by U.S. Naval Research Lab (NRL)
July 28, 2020 veganjay Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 veganjay Changed Evidence Event Date to None
July 28, 2020 Azriel Changed Evidence Description to Tor created with goverment funding
July 28, 2020 Azriel Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 Azriel Changed Evidence Event Date to July 1, 2020
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Evidence Description to FBI caught child porn ring operating on Tor
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Evidence Event Date to None
July 28, 2020 lillymaygeiger Changed Hypothesis to Tor is a High Value Target for catching underground covert operations
July 28, 2020 lillymaygeiger Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Hypothesis to Irrelevant since underlying platforms of nodes and clients are universally vulnerable
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 veganjay Changed Hypothesis to Sort of - they do not have complete network visibility, but can learn about user behavior through network traffic patterns
July 28, 2020 veganjay Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 necopinus Changed Hypothesis to It is compromised by a different government
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Hypothesis to Tor is just for pr0n
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 B1uDe4D Changed Hypothesis to It was created by a government
July 28, 2020 B1uDe4D Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Hypothesis to Components sound but architecture or implementation vulnerable
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 necopinus Changed Hypothesis to It was compromised by a different government
July 28, 2020 double.emms@gmail.com Changed Hypothesis to Yes, they have sufficient network visibility
July 28, 2020 double.emms@gmail.com Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Hypothesis to Components seem secure but a component that is generally assumed to be secure is not
July 28, 2020 boofoogoo Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 necopinus Changed Hypothesis to It was compromised by a a different government
July 28, 2020 necopinus Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 amazonv Changed Hypothesis to Yes, there is a backdoor in the code
July 28, 2020 amazonv Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 fd Changed Hypothesis to Certain parts of it are compromised but not others
July 28, 2020 fd Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Hypothesis to It was compromised in the past but not anymore
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Hypothesis to No
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Hypothesis to Yes
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Board Title to Is Tor Compromised by the US government
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Removed to False
July 28, 2020 tschiller Changed Board Description to HOPE 2020