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Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by sacrificedcapon »

LilBytes wrote: post #267
tootahe45 wrote: post #266

I don't see the point of this, nobody is censoring politically correct speech. Aren't they literally govt funded too?

China and Russia would both like a word with you.

I think you missed his point. Neither china nor russia censor "politically correct" speech. Of course their view of "politically correct" is different from ours and others. Europe, Islamic world, Africa, etc all protect "politically correct" speech and censor "politically incorrect" speech.

Sadly, in the US, extremists ( particularly the left ) are leading the charge to censor "politically incorrect" speech.

Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by tobias2014 »

clubm8 wrote: post #263
blotter_paper wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lulz, what good is a paywalled tor site? Does NYT accept crypto, or do you have to get throwaway plastic to pay them pseudonymously?

Is it paywalled? Maybe your exit node was used to scrape? I don't read NYT much but when I've checked out the .onion such as today I've had no issue reading articles.

I'm getting "Log in or create a free New York Times account to continue reading in private mode.", then click on the "Create a free account button" to be finally faced with "This action is not supported over Onion yet, sorry.".

Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by skissane »

abstractbarista wrote: post #151

Many of you with homelabs ought to check out how to run a Tor relay or bridge. It's been fun setting mine up, and after a while I started getting lots of traffic! No data cap on a symmetric fiber connection, so I might as well share the love!

Once upon a time, I tried running a relay at home. Certain websites started blocking my IP - their operators wanted to block exit nodes, but indiscriminately blocked all IPs from the Tor directory, both exit nodes and relay nodes. At that point, I stopped doing it.

Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by Twixes »

sacrificedcapon wrote: post #271
LilBytes wrote: post #267

Earlier quoted context omitted.

China and Russia would both like a word with you.

I think you missed his point. Neither china nor russia censor "politically correct" speech. Of course their view of "politically correct" is different from ours and others. Europe, Islamic world, Africa, etc all protect "politically correct" speech and censor "politically incorrect" speech. Sadly, in the US, extremists ( particularly the left ) are leading the charge to censor "politically incorrect" speech.

Hardly are there any "extremist" leftists in the US (never heard of any advocating for a revolution) and any calls for censorship come from a tiny minority of Tumblr–like social justice warriors.

Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by jtnjns »

tootahe45 wrote: post #266

I don't see the point of this, nobody is censoring politically correct speech. Aren't they literally govt funded too?

I was in Vietnam last month and bbc.com is blocked by the ISPs. The article also mentions China and Iran.

BBC is publicly funded and unlikely to be banned in the UK but they provide global news coverage.

Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by throwaway87378 »

skissane wrote: post #273
abstractbarista wrote: post #151

Many of you with homelabs ought to check out how to run a Tor relay or bridge. It's been fun setting mine up, and after a while I started getting lots of traffic! No data cap on a symmetric fiber connection, so I might as well share the love!

Once upon a time, I tried running a relay at home. Certain websites started blocking my IP - their operators wanted to block exit nodes, but indiscriminately blocked all IPs from the Tor directory, both exit nodes and relay nodes. At that point, I stopped doing it.

Tor bridges do not have this problem, do not consume a lot of bandwidth, and are very useful for people who need to circumvent firewalls. I have been running one for years without any issues. The Tor Project is currently looking for more volunteers to run bridges:

https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-inte...

Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by [deleted] »

mandelbrotwurst wrote: post #269
jandrese wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like you are being the haystack instead of the needle in this case.

Well, that or he is a rare strand of hay in a stack made mostly of needles. (I'm stretching the analogy to point out that you are correct that he is providing cover [the hay], but that most of the traffic currently is of the type that the surveilling entity is looking for [the needles]).

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Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by selimthegrim »

SmellyGeekBoy wrote: post #219
ArchieLeach wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't said that they are not reported. It's the relative importance given that is obvious. 150+ people have died in Iraq over the last month during wide scale protests. There is an article on this on the BBC's website. On the other hand, there is almost live coverage with embedded journalists as headline news every time a protester throws something at the HK police, or every time the HK police throws a teargas ca…

Iraq is not a former British colony, so unfortunately it's of limited interest to British people.

You must be joking. Who ran things there before 1936-41? Who built the airbase at Habbaniyah and was gassing people way before Saddam?

Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by _8j50 »

throwaway8491 wrote: post #193

Some of BBC News' .onion neighbors are forced to constantly rotate their URLs to evade DDoS attacks (notably Empire Market). Admins constantly publish new PGP-signed links to https://dark.fail . DDoS attackers then scrape this site, shift their attacks. Sites stay online, but users are trained to expect URLs to constantly change. This has resulted in a huge spike in phishing attacks. Tor hidden services are notorious…

Can't you do IP load balancing and run multiple Tor processes to handle different circuits?

Re: BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

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Post by snagglegaggle »

driverdan wrote: post #260
snagglegaggle wrote: post #233

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least in the US law enforcement can't charge you with anything. More people need to run exit relays, especially from home, so it becomes an accepted use.

If you want to run an exit node do it on a hosting service. You can get a VPS for $5/m. Why risk getting arrested by running it at home?

Because the hosting service and its IP block are all geographically constrained. This makes correlation attacks easier, as well as attacks requiring physical access.
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