Hi! On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 03:30:10PM +0000, M wrote: >I was wondering why the default settings in Pidgin in the TOR-IM-Browser is >set to* log chats and private messages*. I think this is quite contrary to >the main purpose of TOR, which is anonymity, as it may very well be >compromised if the if the USB, etc, falls into the other people's hands. >Also, i dont think most people go into into the settings to change them, as >they feel the setting are already optimized by the crew.
People who are really paranoid should check their things anyway. Either log to a crypto partition or disable logging. Or if the aim of anonymity is something different (like not being tracked by *outside* people), the "risk" of local logging might not be in the scope of the threat model anyway. Kind regards, Hannah. *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
