Intelligence Board: Is Tor Compromised by the US government
Board created by tschiller on July 28, 2020.
HOPE 2020
| Aggregate View (Collaborator Evaluations) |
Yes
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Yes, they have sufficient network visibility
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Certain parts of it are compromised but not others
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Irrelevant since underlying platforms of nodes and clients are universally vulnerable
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It is compromised by a different government
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Sort of - they do not have complete network visibility, but can learn about user behavior through network traffic patterns
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Components seem secure but a component that is generally assumed to be secure is not
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Components sound but architecture or implementation vulnerable
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Yes, there is a backdoor in the code
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Tor is a High Value Target for catching underground covert operations
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It was compromised in the past but not anymore
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No
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It was created by a government agency
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| July 1, 2020 Tor created with goverment funding | Evaluate | Consistent | Consistent | N/A | N/A | Consistent | Neutral | N/A | N/A | N/A | Neutral | N/A | Inconsistent | Very Inconsistent |
| The FBI ran a child porn onion service in order to deliver malware to unmask users | Evaluate |
Neutral
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Consistent | Consistent | Neutral | Neutral | Consistent | Consistent | Consistent |
Neutral
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No Assessments | Consistent | Inconsistent | Inconsistent |
| July 21, 2020 Exit nodes exist in known government IP blocks | Evaluate |
Consistent
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Very Consistent
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Consistent | Neutral | Consistent | Neutral |
Neutral
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Consistent
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Neutral
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Consistent
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Inconsistent |
Neutral
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Consistent
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| Tor was created by U.S. Naval Research Lab (NRL) | Evaluate | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Very Consistent |
| FBI caught child porn ring operating on Tor | Evaluate |
Consistent
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N/A |
Consistent
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Consistent
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Neutral
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Consistent
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Consistent
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Consistent
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N/A |
Inconsistent
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Very Consistent
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| June 21, 2015 There's passive MITM going on in the Tor network | Evaluate | Consistent | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | Consistent | No Assessments | No Assessments | N/A |
| Half of the Tor Project's funding now comes from the private sector | Evaluate | No Assessments | No Assessments | Neutral | N/A | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | Inconsistent | N/A | No Assessments | No Assessments |
| Code is open for public review | Evaluate | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral |
| Bug in underlying tech | Evaluate | Consistent | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments |
| The government created Tor for spying | Evaluate | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments |
| no back door pledge | Evaluate | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments |
| ran malware servers | Evaluate | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments |
| July 28, 2020 Tor was a military contractor with its own government contractor number | Evaluate | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments |
| July 29, 1914 US Gov continues to give financial backing | Evaluate | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments | No Assessments |