Comment by edm0nd
3 hours ago
Congrats, you now know what it's like to be a daily Tor user trying to hit normie sites from exit node IPs xD
3 hours ago
Congrats, you now know what it's like to be a daily Tor user trying to hit normie sites from exit node IPs xD
Why would anyone be a daily Tor user and trying to hit clear-net sites on top of that? This sounds like a bizarre usecase.
Privacy through uniformity, operational security by routine, herd immunity for privacy, traffic normalization, "anonymity set expansion", "nothing to hide" paradox, etc.
I.e., if you use Tor for "normie sites", then the fact that someone can be seen using Tor is no longer a reliable proxy for detecting them trying to see/do something confidential and it becomes harder to identify & target journalists, etc. just because they're using Tor.
Huh never thought about that. I wonder how many people do that? Seems like a public service.
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In addition to the reasons in sibling comment, this also acts as a filter for low-quality ad-based sites; same reason I close just about any website that gives me a popup about a ToS agreement.