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Does the onion service still serve the same advertisements their website and mobile app do? If so, they're leaving their users-who-want-to-stay-relatively-anonymous open to attack via the advertisement vector. Members of that group would be considered high-value targets simply due to their anonymity desires. I can't see the number of daily users being large enough that they'd lose significant profit by closing that a…
There are zero good web browsers with socks5 support. (which is needed for tor)
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Trump would disagree.
I don't think he would disagree they are pro-establishment. He'd love them to be taken down though there is no way he could make this happen.
[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/opinion/why-buzzfeed-news...
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-...
[2]: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/24/dnc-clinton-...
And they're using an Extended Validation certificate from DigiCert for it CN = nytimes3xbfgragh.onion OU = Technology O = The New York Times Company Object Identifier (2 5 4 15) = Private Organization along with some other addresses DNS Name: nytimes3xbfgragh.onion DNS Name: graylady3jvrrxbe.onion DNS Name: *.graylady3jvrrxbe.onion DNS Name: *.dev.graylady3jvrrxbe.onion DNS Name: *.stg.graylady3jvrrxbe.onion DNS Name…
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I am curious about this as well. Tor is anonymous insofar as individual entrances and exits cannot be monitored. The advertising and other tracking pixels that would riddle something like the NYT site makes me think this is how some uncareful kingpin will fall, checking the op-eds.
Can't the nodes be compromised? I've eschewed using it as USG is purported to have taken over entrance and exit nodes using a combination of threats and bribery.
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Extended Validation certificate is when a company go to a CA and provide a bunch of business documents and legal proof that they really own the company behind a name. Its not a technical aspect but human lawyer human lawyer that establish a certificate. At the end if the validation is successful, the company get a technical signed document that in browsers shows up as a green lock and the name in green next to the UR…
So in addition to knowing that your browser is connected to where you want, you now know that the website you want is actually who they say they are?
That's the idea. Of course, validation, while more thorough than for standard certs, still is not that reliable. My strong impression is that it could be fooled by anyone sufficiently motivated.
Is there a search engine or other convenient discovery mechanism for Onion services? I know DuckDuckGo has their own hidden service, but it seems that site only returns results from the regular internet, not from other hidden services.
> hidden services I think you responded to your own question. Besides that there are lists of onion services. Apparently there are also search services like https://ahmia.fi/
Not a huge fan of the NYT but this is pretty cool!
Comical attempt to give Street cred to the NYT.
Comical how? Check out their tech blog[0]. I'd venture a guess that they are the most technically adventurous news site, if not one of the more open corporations around in regards to trying new technology and writing about the experience. A lot of what they have to say is pretty interesting. [0] - https://open.nytimes.com/