The most obvious attack is control of a majority of the network, and of course correlations attacks which require access to many ISPs.
These, in addition "ownership" of VPNs, are feasibly within the capabilities of intelligence agencies.
>> Additionally the NSA's own documents released by Edward Snowden showed that the NSA can't break current TOR releases.
That was 2007.
Other things you couldn't do in 2007:
* Use an iPhone
* Use a Samsung Galaxy
* Use What's App
* Read anything except "this housing boom will go on forever!" in the news
In other words, that was forever ago.
Where is a more recent credible assessment of adversary capabilities specifically to the TOR network?
Sure... until you find out 400 years later that the new gene has a self destruct sequence.
Or worse, patent law follows the trend of copyright law in the US and half the population ends up owing royalties for the genes they were born with.
If someone stole my tequila, my response would be elevated from the TFS to TFH
The entity that benefits most from bastardization of ICANN is... Google.
You can always find Google and Google can always find where you want to go. And now typing addresses into the address bar is about to get more painful.
Interesting. Citation?
>> just that generally, VISA requires you to tell them who you are when you create an account
And of course anyone who has had their credit card copied (they don't even steal them nowadays) you will know that a merchant will process transactions even without having your name.
DDOS causes more lost money than other "security" breaches. Therefore it is a top priority of companies and by extension public/private partnerships.
Of course, this is an asymmetric attack and you can't stop it. In other words, it is a democratizing attack.
When I worked with the FBI on security issues in the financial sector, I was disgusted by how little attention and funds were available to fix problems like unauthorized transactions but attention is available for issues like this.
Why hire a nerd who can build one system at a time?
Hire someone who writes the contract so HP doesn't get paid in the situation where they fuck up.
There are two boxes here "Reply to comment" and this second one I'm typing in. Also, there's no way I can fit an "insightful comment" into this postage-stame-sized box.
And I can't even see your user number
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Yeah... I remember being 14 years old too
>> to store data that hardly ever needs to be accessed
In other words, data that you think you are "deleting"
Could you tell me more about this gangster please?
I would like to take this opportunity to note that my 2014 New Years resolution was completed successfully by deleting Facebook (after 10 years) in 2013.
And humbly submit this page reasons why many people do: http://fulldecent.blogspot.com/2013/12/ten-things-you-can-only-do-without.html
GOOGLE: "the primary function of the FBI is national security" site:gov
Zero results.
Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
