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		End of Tor: Rogue Nodes Turn Tor Anonymizer Into Eavesdropper's Paradise (wired.com)
		17 points by nickb on Sept 14, 2007 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

bharath on Sept 14, 2007 | [–]

Misleading title. Tor promises an anonymous source IP and nothing more. Its still good for that application.

kf on Sept 14, 2007 | [–]

This is a known issue with Tor. It doesn't encrypt data, it just anonymizes it. If you put unencrypted info in Tor, it comes out on the other side unencrypted.

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