com on the normal web except it brings with it 3 main benefits. Many security researchers saw this as a cash grab by certificate authorities but others supported it as a move towards a more private internet. Since we (the security community finally) have brainwashed people into thinking https good - http bad, we don't want to start breaking that important habit. Now to be fair, this generated a tone of debate inside the security community because technically TOR offers secure communication by default without needing a certificate from a Certificate Authority.

As an example, it was the first time a major Certificate Authority (Digicert) issued an encryption certificate allowing a site to setup an HTTS connection. In this case better means faster, more responsive and works as expected.įacebook supporting TOR also legitimizes TOR and allows others to follow in its footsteps more easily. I tested the new site and compared it to using the regular Facebook site via TOR and the new purpose built solution is much better. You are less worried about Facebook knowing you and are more concerned about others knowing that you are accessing Facebook. You could be a Tibetan freedom supporter but still need to communicate with your Facebook community in the diaspora. But Facebook understood that there are people that needed to use their service without leaking identification information like IP address, physical location or access route.

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