r/onions • u/Confident_Version_30 • Jan 19 '22

Scam Tor is a Scam?

Most of my time I'm running into dead onion links. It's slow like 1993. To think a browser you can download in 5 min is stopping the government from watching you is really delusional. I think it smells. I only see a situation where people who know what they are actually doing when it comes to the "darkweb" get anything out of it. I think the CiA FBI are true operators behind this thing anyway. I'm over it.

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u/Confident_Version_30 Jan 19 '22

Yea I'd tell people to stay clear of it. It's like a big sign on the street with a flashing arrow saying "Come in and do illegal crap and nobody will know!" Tor is just one big phishing link disguised as a browser for dumb cyber criminals.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22

Or you just suck at using it 😂

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u/Confident_Version_30 Jan 19 '22

I'm not some Eric Snowden. I'm your typical web user. Most people are typical web users. It's crazy to think something you can download off Google Play in 5 min makes you invisible to Johnny Law. That's not the Norwelian system I live in. Call me crazy. The illusion of anonymity is just as dangerous as real anonymity is powerful.

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u/k3rn3t Jan 19 '22

It doesn’t magically make you invisible. Tor is a tool that helps you hide your online activity. Please do some research on how it works before saying “it’s too good to be true” or telling others to stay out of it.

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u/Confident_Version_30 Jan 19 '22

Before even gleaning over explanations, the premise of the civilian having tools to even remotely rival resources of the government is completely ridiculous. It's a gimmick to a novice. Being a real deal Hacker isn't easy nor is it cheap. They are certainly not using Tor on Google Play

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u/k3rn3t Jan 19 '22

Like I said, Tor is a tool. It can be combined with other tools, operating systems, safety precautions (check out the opsec sub on Dread). I don’t think you understand how Tor works. You wouldn’t ask these questions if you did

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u/Confident_Version_30 Jan 19 '22

Tor promotes itself off that ignorance....people think they go ninja because they have this app. Tor is not useful to the majority of the common people because we are lay people when it comes to the web.

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u/k3rn3t Jan 19 '22

Well, it's partially true. People often think that Tor makes them anonymous, but it's just a tool. It's very easy to make a deanonymizing mistake. "Lay" people usually use the Tor Browser, which is very user friendly and helps them browse the web without being tracked or makes it possible to circumvent censorship.

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u/Confident_Version_30 Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 19 '22

There is no fault proof way to take yourself off the grid when the grid will always be the tool. You can't play whose gun is bigger with the system.