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MIT Creates Tor Alternative That Floods Networks With Fake Data (softpedia.com)

Posted by timothy on from the can't-we-just-use-trolls? dept.

An anonymous reader writes with word that MIT researchers "created an alternative to Tor, a network messaging system called Vuvuzela that pollutes the network with dummy data so the NSA won't know who's talking to who." Initial tests show the systems overhead adding a 44-second delay, but the network can work fine and preserve anonymity even it has more than 50% of servers compromised.

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  1. Great, just what we need! by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 4, Insightful

    More wasted bandwidth!

    1. Re:Great, just what we need! by sinij · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Disagree. No cost is too high for protecting our freedoms.

    2. Re:Great, just what we need! by alvinrod · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Which the government could easily spare us of needing if they'd only quit illegally spying on their citizens.

  2. Not TOR replacement... by wbr1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is potentially good for an obfuscated messaging service, not an encrypted internet proxy for all traffic.

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  3. Re: No thanks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Stop spreading suspicion and if the system can fail show how.

  4. Alternate solution. by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just get Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc... to stand up Tor exit nodes. Chum the pipeline with things like Gigli and The Last Airbender and let the NSA filter through all that. Maybe they'll just kill themselves - I know I would.

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