XPost: alt.privacy.anon-server, news.software.nntp   
   From: nobody@dizum.com   
      
   On 01 Sep 2025, shaw@placer.com posted some   
   news:ho0cbktb540q6os449kn3e23hicchv20vd@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 02:52:43 +0200, Fritz Wuehler   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Some shaw@placer.com wrote:   
   >>>On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:09:27 +0000 (UTC), Anonymous   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>On 28/08/2025 00:25:50 +0200 (CEST) Nomen Nescio wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>Claas is known as an ignorant Nym Corp salesman. As we already   
   >>>>>>demonstrated in this group their only goal is to make lots of   
   >>>>>>money with their snakeoil business ripping off clueless customers.   
   >>>>+1   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>No need to use anything but remailers and Tor with circuits of 5+   
   >>>>>>nodes.   
   >>>>+1   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>The Authors or Tor disagree with the notion of using more than 3   
   >>>nodes. -----   
   >>>https://support.torproject.org/misc/misc-11/   
   >>>   
   >>>Can I change the number of hops Tor uses?   
   >>>   
   >>>Right now the path length is hard-coded at 3 plus the number of nodes   
   >>>in your path that are sensitive. That is, in normal cases it's 3, but   
   >>>for example if you're accessing an onion service or a ".exit" address   
   >>>it could be more.   
   >>   
   >>It's no longer hard-coded.  No more fixed chains! - Praise the Lord!   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>We don't want to encourage people to use paths longer than this as it   
   >>>increases load on the network without (as far as we can tell)   
   >>>providing any more security. Also, using paths longer than 3 could   
   >>>harm anonymity, first because it makes denial of security attacks   
   >>>easier, and second because it could act as an identifier if only a   
   >>>small number of users have the same path length as you.   
   >>   
   >>"as far as we can tell", "could", "could" - FUD.   
   >   
   > More anon bullshit posting by an anon bullshitter.   
      
   the best practice to anonymity is not to stand out from the rest of the   
   herd.  deviating from it makes you an anomaly of interest.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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