Isn’t the logic behind that is that TOR’s original purpose was for secure, untraceable connections between military/intelligence personnel? If the traffic only composed of people working under the US government and their loved ones, it would be rather trivial to isolate the traffic and make a logical guess of who’s talking to who. Opening it to the public was not something done as a honeypot for people to encounter, it is a requirement for the system to function as anonymous communication for all users.
As for why nodes are mostly hosted in 5 or 14 eye nations, consider where the funding for nodes is (and what would happen if you hosted one in a nation actively trying to strangle TOR traffic).
tbh i think that’s more related to the fact that third worlders don’t have the money to invest in what’s essentially a hobby project that could get you into trouble.
i mean ever notice how nodes are almost always located in five eyes countries?
Isn’t the logic behind that is that TOR’s original purpose was for secure, untraceable connections between military/intelligence personnel? If the traffic only composed of people working under the US government and their loved ones, it would be rather trivial to isolate the traffic and make a logical guess of who’s talking to who. Opening it to the public was not something done as a honeypot for people to encounter, it is a requirement for the system to function as anonymous communication for all users.
As for why nodes are mostly hosted in 5 or 14 eye nations, consider where the funding for nodes is (and what would happen if you hosted one in a nation actively trying to strangle TOR traffic).
tbh i think that’s more related to the fact that third worlders don’t have the money to invest in what’s essentially a hobby project that could get you into trouble.
If anything being in third world countries would let you get away from trouble. That’s why most criminals escape to them and piracy is the norm.
What would keep a first worlder hobbyist safe from these troubles?