Tor and China

Mikko J Rauhala mjrauhal at cc.helsinki.fi
Mon Sep 10 13:58:20 CEST 2007


On ma, 2007-09-10 at 13:42 +0200, Richard Bennett wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:06:02 +0200, Sander van Grieken <sander at 3v8.net>  
> wrote:
> > wifi+in china -> use Tor
> 
> Maybe better just not use email at all in that case:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/10/misuse_of_tor_led_to_embassy_password_breach/

...or maybe, just maybe, better not to _misuse_ Tor and keep the
connection encrypted (which is the sane thing to do anyway).

Though quite aside from the article, it might be best to avoid using Tor
or encryption in China, so non-use has its points, just not for your
stated reason.

-- 
Mikko J Rauhala <mjrauhal at cc.helsinki.fi>
University of Helsinki





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