Comment by archsurface

Comment by archsurface 10 months ago

5 replies

The more privacy the better as far as I'm concerned, but I've never used tor. What are people using tor for? General comms, piracy (mild illegal), other (very illegal), ...?

ziddoap 10 months ago

>other (very illegal), ...?

I will be waiting patiently for people to admit that they do very illegal things over Tor.

  • archsurface 10 months ago

    They don't have to be admissions, reports are an option.

  • knodi123 10 months ago

    It's okay, you can safely confess to felonies and crimes against humanity on HN. Our usernames are meaningless and our traffic is SSL encrypted!

marc_abonce 10 months ago

Besides regular browsing (basically a free VPN), a pretty nice use case of Tor is that some news sites have non-paywalled onion addresses.

The Guardian: https://www.guardian2zotagl6tmjucg3lrhxdk4dw3lhbqnkvvkywawy3...

New York Times: https://www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2l...

BBC: https://www.bbcweb3hytmzhn5d532owbu6oqadra5z3ar726vq5kgwwn6a...