[olug] Tor could be all the more important

Kevin sharpestmarble at gmail.com
Fri Jul 29 15:44:26 UTC 2011


According to TFA, it was just accounting stuff and DHCP IPs that would
be tracked(name, address, bank account/CC#). Actual traffic and
connections wouldn't be logged.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:36, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> There has been evidence that Tor isn't really anonymous and can be tracked
> back to you. On top of that, they're talking ISP sniffing, so they're
> grabbing your data directly from your connection to the internet. So they'll
> have your MAC, and all your traffic.
>
> In the end, I'm not worried too much because ultimately I don't have
> anything to hide. But this should be just like any other kind of search, and
> dependent on a warrant. I'm not sure why warrantless tracking and searches
> are suddenly acceptable.
>
> http://xkcd.com/538/
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:32 AM, <jman at miwire.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>   I keep all for at least one year....
>>
>>   Kelly Williams <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com> wrote ..
>>
>> Ok I agree with you for the children, but our privacy like emails to
>> loved ones or IMs to that special someone that you love. In a way I am
>> glad I am cutting my internet service and use public internet. But using
>> https and tor with a proxy. Plus if sending a file to online backup
>> encrypt it before I send it....
>>
>>
>> On 7/29/2011 10:02 AM, Kevin wrote:
>> > But think of the children! What will protect them from Internet
>> > Pornographers?!?! :rolleyes:
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 09:55, Dave Rowe  wrote:
>> >> Using utilities like Tor and what not for protecting traffic - even
>> >> legit, 'normal' traffic.
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20084939-281/house-panel-approves-broadene
>> d-isp-snooping-bill/?tag=mantle_skin;content
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