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Botnet or Others on the Tor list have suggested that it’s a spike from Russia as a result of a newly passed “anti-piracy” law.
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August 29, 2013, 07:42:42 PM |
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Botnet or Others on the Tor list have suggested that it’s a spike from Russia as a result of a newly passed “anti-piracy” law. I wouldn't think Russia could "double" the entire world's TOR usage in just a week. My best guess would be the NSA has something to do with it.
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August 29, 2013, 07:44:15 PM |
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Wouldn't the NSA be more discrete?
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August 29, 2013, 07:52:48 PM Last edit: August 29, 2013, 08:52:44 PM by Singlebyte |
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Wouldn't the NSA be more discrete?
Occam's Razor -EDIT- Additional Content Occam's Razor "If you have two theories that both explain the observed facts, then you should use the simplest until more evidence comes along"I would think it is more plausible that one entity (NSA) was able to produce this spike rather than an entire country like Russia doing it all at once. NSA could just simply "throw a switch" and begin archiving every TOR produced traffic packet. I do not think the NSA cares at this point in the game if they are noticed. Although they might not of even considered the traffic was being monitored. It will be interesting to see what other theories people post here! -EDIT 2- This web posting suggest 3 things; 1. Piratebay annon browser downloads 2. Botnets 3. NSA spying causing privacy fear http://news.techworld.com/security/3466140/tor-traffic-doubles-in-week-reach-highest-ever-level/
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August 29, 2013, 07:59:36 PM |
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Botnet or Others on the Tor list have suggested that it’s a spike from Russia as a result of a newly passed “anti-piracy” law. I wouldn't think Russia could "double" the entire world's TOR usage in just a week. My best guess would be the NSA has something to do with it. 600 000 users is a problem for Russia? I don't think so. It's possible.
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August 29, 2013, 09:59:17 PM |
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population of Russia: 143,400,000 TOR users before spike: 600,000 After spike: 1,250,000 Would be possible but if we look at the top 10 countries for the last week: United States 141816 (12,70 %) Brazil 76416 (6,84 %) Germany 75843 (6,79 %) France 68813 (6,16 %) Italy 55750 (4,99 %) Spain 51805 (4,64 %) United Kingdom 33899 (3,04 %) Argentina 33136 (2,97 %) Poland 30838 (2,76 %) Russia 29816 (2,67 %) Russia only has 29816 instead of 650,000+ users ![Undecided](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/undecided.gif)
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August 29, 2013, 10:04:08 PM |
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population of Russia: 143,400,000 TOR users before spike: 600,000 After spike: 1,250,000 Would be possible but if we look at the top 10 countries for the last week: United States 141816 (12,70 %) Brazil 76416 (6,84 %) Germany 75843 (6,79 %) France 68813 (6,16 %) Italy 55750 (4,99 %) Spain 51805 (4,64 %) United Kingdom 33899 (3,04 %) Argentina 33136 (2,97 %) Poland 30838 (2,76 %) Russia 29816 (2,67 %) Russia only has 29816 instead of 650,000+ users ![Undecided](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/undecided.gif) Hmm I don't know.. botnet maybe?
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August 30, 2013, 11:07:19 AM |
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population of Russia: 143,400,000 TOR users before spike: 600,000 After spike: 1,250,000 Would be possible but if we look at the top 10 countries for the last week: United States 141816 (12,70 %) Brazil 76416 (6,84 %) Germany 75843 (6,79 %) France 68813 (6,16 %) Italy 55750 (4,99 %) Spain 51805 (4,64 %) United Kingdom 33899 (3,04 %) Argentina 33136 (2,97 %) Poland 30838 (2,76 %) Russia 29816 (2,67 %) Russia only has 29816 instead of 650,000+ users ![Undecided](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/undecided.gif) If THAT building is completed in Utah, I would say that network is getting mirrored somehow, explaining the almost double usage. EDIT: Maybe I just confirmed my guess: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_CenterThe UDC is expected to store Internet data as well as phone records from the controversial NSA call database when it opens in 2013. What better way to test the new facility than with the Tor network, with somehow a glitch is causing the double effect via the stored mirroring.
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August 30, 2013, 11:37:47 AM |
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Likely What's the difference between PirateBrowser and the Tor Browser Bundle?
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August 30, 2013, 11:51:47 AM |
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new interest because of NSA, prism etc.? more people concerned about privacy now?
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Likely What's the difference between PirateBrowser and the Tor Browser Bundle? PirateBrowser is not "privacy-secure." It doesn't take measures to hide your identity. Your IP address, for example, is visible. It exists solely to access blocked sites, but you certainly wouldn't want to use this for anything sensitive. For this tradeoff, traffic isn't bouncing around nodes as much like with the standard Tor FF browser, which results in a much faster browsing experience, and lower strain on the Tor network. (allegedly -- I'm just going off articles I read)
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August 30, 2013, 05:27:18 PM |
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new interest because of NSA, prism etc.? more people concerned about privacy now?
But TOR is possibly an experiment on NSA so using it is a mistake right now. They possibly have infected it with some sort of malware or something similiar, they're tracking it anways. It's better to find an VPN service and make a VPN chain (a vpn that doesn't keep logs though). The browser bundle from tpb is possiblythe reason why this is happening.
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