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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: SmackMyBitchUp on December 17, 2012, 09:54 am

Title: Tor security
Post by: SmackMyBitchUp on December 17, 2012, 09:54 am
Hello,

I'm curious about the information sent from your ISP to the end-user of Silk Road and The Armory.

Would it be plausible that local LE could demand from your ISP, detailed data on exactly what you've been buying? Or is this data encrypted to them also?

Confused.
Title: Re: Tor security
Post by: acider on December 17, 2012, 11:52 am
You data is encrypted.
However they can see you are using tor, but that's not illegal.
Google tor and bitcoins ,study them , only you can protect yourself.
Title: Re: Tor security
Post by: ampedup on December 17, 2012, 12:03 pm
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However they can see you are using tor, but that's not illegal.
Not if you use a Tor bridge they don't know is a bridge (bridges are like first-hop only relays, a proxy to the actual Tor network)! That's how you use Tor in countries like China.
Title: Re: Tor security
Post by: SmackMyBitchUp on December 17, 2012, 12:21 pm
So my isp is sending the Tor data to me fully encrypted, is that correct? how is it decrypted, through vidalia?

I should say that i'm only using the tor browser bundle (vidalia).
Title: Re: Tor security
Post by: acider on December 17, 2012, 01:33 pm
Not if you use a Tor bridge they don't know is a bridge (bridges are like first-hop only relays, a proxy to the actual Tor network)! That's how you use Tor in countries like China.

Yes I know about China, but I don't think he's using any bridges if he's asking these questions, right?

Anyway Smackmybitchup there are layers of encryption between you and the other end, like I said it's better to google and read about tor, it's not easy to explain everything here.
For example (clearnet link) : https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en
Title: Re: Tor security
Post by: SmackMyBitchUp on December 17, 2012, 07:18 pm
No worries guys, i have been reading elsewhere and it's become a little clearer.

Thanks for your replies.