Safeplug "Tor" device for home wifi

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Aglifter
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Safeplug "Tor" device for home wifi

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Any benefit to installing one of these on the various home networks?
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OK, so if I can translate "driving/sleeping less than normal Chris" - I take your post to mean that I should, definitely NOT install it on a home wifi system.
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Actually, I would be interested. Beyond Tor being rumored to be/ exposed as (I forget which, but I believe it's the latter) a USGov information sieve project, what else makes it an issue?
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SoupOrMan wrote:Actually, I would be interested. Beyond Tor being rumored to be/ exposed as (I forget which, but I believe it's the latter) a USGov information sieve project, what else makes it an issue?
I have yet to see anything reliable that says that the Tor network is vulnerable other than via endpoint monitoring. As near as I have been able to determine, the fears of the government's capabilities are vastly overstated as the press is wont to do.
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