kvm234: NO BECAUSE I'M IRONMAN

r0cca_

Is it possible that Tor will give me circuit where both entry and exit node are controlled by same goverment-funded / organization?

cacahuatl

Only if they're being naughty, but there are defences to lessen the likelihood even if they were.

meejah

r0cca_: it is possible, yes. entry nodes are called "guards" however, and change infrequently (i.e. you choose the same one for "a while")

r0cca_

And is it possible to configure Tor to not use Exit / Entry nodes maintained by goverments? Or to be more real, configure Tor to not use specific entry / exit nodes?

cacahuatl

Yes but it's generally not a good plan to reduce the set of possible paths you can build artificially.

r0cca_

Understand. However it seems many nodes, specifically exit are used pretty often. More than others. It gives me weird perspective of equailty of them.

cacahuatl

If "governments" or any naughty entity was running entry and exit nodes in the hopes of attacking users, it's unlikely they'd mark them as such in an obvious manner.
So attempts to filter them on some arbitrary basis wouldn't even be especially effective against the attack and may harm your anonymity in other ways.

r0cca_

But why do goverments fund Tor so much?

cacahuatl

Why not?

r0cca_

If the case to use it by themselves would be the case, they could expect it's grow anyway. Can't stop thinking it is suspicious for so many nodes controlled by those.

cacahuatl

Controlled by those who?

r0cca_

by goverments

cacahuatl

Why do you think "so many nodes" are controlled "by governments"?

qwerty1

they have sometimes been noticeable

cacahuatl_and_friends

FUCK cacahuatl

qwerty1

lol

Troll

fu*k cacahuatl

gargantua_