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 ---
-tags: [internet, encryption, privacy, TOR]
+tags: [internet, encryption, privacy, Tor]
 created: Friday, December 13, 2024
 ---
 

neuron/d64aa559-4490-4b05-bfd9-4fd535f23109/c8820974_Tor_prioritising_uptake.md

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+---
+tags: [Tor]
+created: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
+---
+
+# c8820974_Tor_prioritising_uptake
+
+When formulating the initial architecture, the Tor engineers were faced with the
+following dilemma.
+
+- Greater security meant greater complexity for the user and therefore reduced
+  adoption.
+
+- Less adoption means less security because there are less users on the network
+  and thus individual nodes become easier to track and identify.
+
+Factors that would result in greater security include more cryptographic rigour
+or more hops. Also additional methods of obfuscation such as mixing and padding.
+
+Both could involve more overhead for the user, which introduces friction and the
+likelihood of continued use. More hops increases latency which makes everyday
+use less viable.
+
+Broad uptake and a rich ecosystem including users who were not the main or
+target beneficiaries (spies, totalitarian subjects) was necessary in order to
+obscure the activities of the target users.

neuron/d64aa559-4490-4b05-bfd9-4fd535f23109/index.md

@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ computer science.
 
 <a href="https://thomasabishop.github.io/eolas/tags">View tags</a>
  
-**Build ID:** 2abd5c63-27cc-420e-b0df-76bdd7f8acb1
+**Build ID:** d64aa559-4490-4b05-bfd9-4fd535f23109
 
-**Published:** Wed 26 Mar 2025 17:50:41
+**Published:** Wed 26 Mar 2025 19:03:12
 
 ### Recent edits 
 
+- [[c8820974_Tor_prioritising_uptake]] 
+- [[What_can_the_ISP_see]] 
 - [[Code_Craft_The_Practice_Of_Writing_Excellent_Code]] 
 - [[Constructing paths in Python]] 
 - [[File_operations_in_Python]] 
@@ -37,11 +39,9 @@ computer science.
 - [[Check_if_value_null_in_Bash]] 
 - [[Associative_arrays_maps_in_Bash]] 
 - [[Case_statements_in_Bash]] 
-- [[UFW_firewall_management]] 
-- [[Firewalls]] 
 
 
-### All notes (544) 
+### All notes (545) 
 
 - [[0716531c_rewilding_the_internet]] 
 - [[241fe1a3_the_Web_versus_modem_BBSs]] 
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ computer science.
 - [[bbdcb54f_public_key_cryptography]] 
 - [[c301a0b3-1d8_Mosaic_Netscape_and_Browser_Wars]] 
 - [[c8173d17_TIMPs]] 
+- [[c8820974_Tor_prioritising_uptake]] 
 - [[c9d7492f_requerimiento]] 
 - [[cfbef1c4_web_precursors]] 
 - [[e383b8b3_nginx_vs_traefik]] 

neuron/d64aa559-4490-4b05-bfd9-4fd535f23109/tags.md

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 ---
 
 # Tags
-[algebra](./tags#algebra), [algorithms](./tags#algorithms), [analogue](./tags#analogue), [android](./tags#android), [APIs](./tags#APIs), [arch-linux](./tags#arch-linux), [arithmetic](./tags#arithmetic), [ARPA](./tags#ARPA), [ARPANET](./tags#ARPANET), [awk](./tags#awk), [AWS](./tags#AWS), [aws-lambda](./tags#aws-lambda), [binary](./tags#binary), [bulletin-boards](./tags#bulletin-boards), [bus](./tags#bus), [C](./tags#C), [computer-architecture](./tags#computer-architecture), [computer-history](./tags#computer-history), [containerization](./tags#containerization), [CPU](./tags#CPU), [cryptography](./tags#cryptography), [csv](./tags#csv), [data-structures](./tags#data-structures), [data-types](./tags#data-types), [databases](./tags#databases), [design-patterns](./tags#design-patterns), [disks](./tags#disks), [docker](./tags#docker), [dynamodb](./tags#dynamodb), [ecopolsoc](./tags#ecopolsoc), [electricity](./tags#electricity), [electromagnetism](./tags#electromagnetism), [electronics](./tags#electronics), [encryption](./tags#encryption), [exponents](./tags#exponents), [file-system](./tags#file-system), [firewalls](./tags#firewalls), [fleeting](./tags#fleeting), [fractions](./tags#fractions), [git](./tags#git), [graphql](./tags#graphql), [hardware](./tags#hardware), [IaC](./tags#IaC), [internet](./tags#internet), [javascript](./tags#javascript), [jest](./tags#jest), [json](./tags#json), [JSON](./tags#JSON), [kernel](./tags#kernel), [Linux](./tags#Linux), [linux](./tags#linux), [literature](./tags#literature), [logic](./tags#logic), [logic-gates](./tags#logic-gates), [memory](./tags#memory), [Microsoft](./tags#Microsoft), [middleware](./tags#middleware), [modems](./tags#modems), [mongo-db](./tags#mongo-db), [mongoose](./tags#mongoose), [nand-to-tetris](./tags#nand-to-tetris), [network-protocols](./tags#network-protocols), [networks](./tags#networks), [node-js](./tags#node-js), [number-systems](./tags#number-systems), [number-theory](./tags#number-theory), [OOP](./tags#OOP), [operating-systems](./tags#operating-systems), [packet-switching](./tags#packet-switching), [physics](./tags#physics), [ports](./tags#ports), [prealgebra](./tags#prealgebra), [privacy](./tags#privacy), [procedural](./tags#procedural), [propositional-logic](./tags#propositional-logic), [protocols](./tags#protocols), [proxies](./tags#proxies), [python](./tags#python), [question](./tags#question), [raspberry-pi](./tags#raspberry-pi), [react](./tags#react), [recursion](./tags#recursion), [regex](./tags#regex), [REST](./tags#REST), [S3](./tags#S3), [server-management](./tags#server-management), [set-theory](./tags#set-theory), [shell](./tags#shell), [SNS](./tags#SNS), [sound](./tags#sound), [SQL](./tags#SQL), [SQLite](./tags#SQLite), [SQS](./tags#SQS), [ssh](./tags#ssh), [storage](./tags#storage), [surveillance-capitalism](./tags#surveillance-capitalism), [systemd](./tags#systemd), [systems-programming](./tags#systems-programming), [testing](./tags#testing), [theorems](./tags#theorems), [theory-of-computation](./tags#theory-of-computation), [time](./tags#time), [TOR](./tags#TOR), [Turing](./tags#Turing), [typescript](./tags#typescript), [unix](./tags#unix), [USB](./tags#USB), [usb](./tags#usb), [VPN](./tags#VPN), [world-wide-web](./tags#world-wide-web), [yaml](./tags#yaml), 
+[algebra](./tags#algebra), [algorithms](./tags#algorithms), [analogue](./tags#analogue), [android](./tags#android), [APIs](./tags#APIs), [arch-linux](./tags#arch-linux), [arithmetic](./tags#arithmetic), [ARPA](./tags#ARPA), [ARPANET](./tags#ARPANET), [awk](./tags#awk), [AWS](./tags#AWS), [aws-lambda](./tags#aws-lambda), [binary](./tags#binary), [bulletin-boards](./tags#bulletin-boards), [bus](./tags#bus), [C](./tags#C), [computer-architecture](./tags#computer-architecture), [computer-history](./tags#computer-history), [containerization](./tags#containerization), [CPU](./tags#CPU), [cryptography](./tags#cryptography), [csv](./tags#csv), [data-structures](./tags#data-structures), [data-types](./tags#data-types), [databases](./tags#databases), [design-patterns](./tags#design-patterns), [disks](./tags#disks), [docker](./tags#docker), [dynamodb](./tags#dynamodb), [ecopolsoc](./tags#ecopolsoc), [electricity](./tags#electricity), [electromagnetism](./tags#electromagnetism), [electronics](./tags#electronics), [encryption](./tags#encryption), [exponents](./tags#exponents), [file-system](./tags#file-system), [firewalls](./tags#firewalls), [fleeting](./tags#fleeting), [fractions](./tags#fractions), [git](./tags#git), [graphql](./tags#graphql), [hardware](./tags#hardware), [IaC](./tags#IaC), [internet](./tags#internet), [javascript](./tags#javascript), [jest](./tags#jest), [json](./tags#json), [JSON](./tags#JSON), [kernel](./tags#kernel), [Linux](./tags#Linux), [linux](./tags#linux), [literature](./tags#literature), [logic](./tags#logic), [logic-gates](./tags#logic-gates), [memory](./tags#memory), [Microsoft](./tags#Microsoft), [middleware](./tags#middleware), [modems](./tags#modems), [mongo-db](./tags#mongo-db), [mongoose](./tags#mongoose), [nand-to-tetris](./tags#nand-to-tetris), [network-protocols](./tags#network-protocols), [networks](./tags#networks), [node-js](./tags#node-js), [number-systems](./tags#number-systems), [number-theory](./tags#number-theory), [OOP](./tags#OOP), [operating-systems](./tags#operating-systems), [packet-switching](./tags#packet-switching), [physics](./tags#physics), [ports](./tags#ports), [prealgebra](./tags#prealgebra), [privacy](./tags#privacy), [procedural](./tags#procedural), [propositional-logic](./tags#propositional-logic), [protocols](./tags#protocols), [proxies](./tags#proxies), [python](./tags#python), [question](./tags#question), [raspberry-pi](./tags#raspberry-pi), [react](./tags#react), [recursion](./tags#recursion), [regex](./tags#regex), [REST](./tags#REST), [S3](./tags#S3), [server-management](./tags#server-management), [set-theory](./tags#set-theory), [shell](./tags#shell), [SNS](./tags#SNS), [sound](./tags#sound), [SQL](./tags#SQL), [SQLite](./tags#SQLite), [SQS](./tags#SQS), [ssh](./tags#ssh), [storage](./tags#storage), [surveillance-capitalism](./tags#surveillance-capitalism), [systemd](./tags#systemd), [systems-programming](./tags#systems-programming), [testing](./tags#testing), [theorems](./tags#theorems), [theory-of-computation](./tags#theory-of-computation), [time](./tags#time), [Tor](./tags#Tor), [Turing](./tags#Turing), [typescript](./tags#typescript), [unix](./tags#unix), [USB](./tags#USB), [usb](./tags#usb), [VPN](./tags#VPN), [world-wide-web](./tags#world-wide-web), [yaml](./tags#yaml), 
 
 ### algebra 
 
@@ -1193,8 +1193,9 @@ unlisted: true
 
 - [[Dates_in_Python]] 
 - [[Time_and_computers]] 
-### TOR 
+### Tor 
 
+- [[c8820974_Tor_prioritising_uptake]] 
 - [[What_can_the_ISP_see]] 
 ### Turing 
 

zk/What_can_the_ISP_see.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-tags: [internet, encryption, privacy, TOR]
+tags: [internet, encryption, privacy, Tor]
 created: Friday, December 13, 2024
 ---
 

zk/c8820974_Tor_prioritising_uptake.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+tags: [Tor]
+created: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
+---
+
+# c8820974_Tor_prioritising_uptake
+
+When formulating the initial architecture, the Tor engineers were faced with the
+following dilemma.
+
+- Greater security meant greater complexity for the user and therefore reduced
+  adoption.
+
+- Less adoption means less security because there are less users on the network
+  and thus individual nodes become easier to track and identify.
+
+Factors that would result in greater security include more cryptographic rigour
+or more hops. Also additional methods of obfuscation such as mixing and padding.
+
+Both could involve more overhead for the user, which introduces friction and the
+likelihood of continued use. More hops increases latency which makes everyday
+use less viable.
+
+Broad uptake and a rich ecosystem including users who were not the main or
+target beneficiaries (spies, totalitarian subjects) was necessary in order to
+obscure the activities of the target users.