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akimbostrawman 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Is Tor still safe to use?

only exit nodes get there door kicked in and they are the minority and not needed for the tor network to function

zerd 9 months ago [–]

They are pretty essential, without them you can only access onion services.

akimbostrawman 9 months ago | [–]

exit nodes aren't used for the onion services. only when interacting with the clearnet.

tylervigen 8 months ago | | [–]

You are both saying the same thing, you just differ on the degree to which you see that as a problem.

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