TIL that the @torproject@mastodon.social is in truth fairly centralized, after learning #Tor was able to drop specific nodes from the network. Even if for benign purposes, this should raise a red flag.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tor-project-removes-relays-because-of-for-profit-risky-activity/
Traffic is flowing through computers of volunteers, that part is indeed decentralized, but your client needs to find them, and that happens through a centralized service, through a “directory authory” if I’m not mistaken
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Traffic is flowing through computers of volunteers, that part is indeed decentralized, but your client needs to find them, and that happens through a centralized service, through a “directory authory” if I’m not mistaken