On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 07:16:58AM +0000, wyory wrote: > Hello Tor friends: > > AN article on Ars Technica about the malicious exit nodes contains some > misleading advice attributed to "Tor officials." > > From end of article: "Tor officials have long counseled people to employ > a VPN when using the privacy service, and OnionDuke provides a strong > cautionary tale when users fail to heed that advice." > > http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/11/for-a-year-one-rogue-tor-node-added-malware-to-windows-executables/
Thanks wyory. A new week, a new Tor headline. Happy Monday. > > Maybe the article was supposed to read "HTTPS" instead of "VPN". Or, > "verify binaries" instead of "employ a VPN." > > Could a real "Tor official" contact the author and ask for a correction? Probably a good idea. VPNs are useful, sometimes, but not very often and definitely not for most use-cases. - Matt -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
