You're misunderstanding the protocol. The purpose is to anonymize connections versus content.
An example scenario: a US intelligence agent may need to contact an agency server from within a foriegn country. Anyone sniffing packets would notice that a user is connecting to a server at www.someagency.mil, even if the content itself was encrypted. Tor anonymizes the connection, as the agent now connects to one of any number of Tor nodes. Tor uses encryption to protect route and address information, not content. It should be used in conjunction with another strong encryption protocol (SSL etc.).
The moon is not actually larger. TFA mentions you can always obscure the moon with a dime held at a constant distance from your eye.
If there was a lense effect, the magnification would not be illusory.
> which are basically programs to copy files
> manually into the filesystem
But they can do so much more! It's a mysterious binary executable. It can do anything it wants...
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You're misunderstanding the protocol. The purpose is to anonymize connections versus content.
An example scenario: a US intelligence agent may need to contact an agency server from within a foriegn country. Anyone sniffing packets would notice that a user is connecting to a server at www.someagency.mil, even if the content itself was encrypted. Tor anonymizes the connection, as the agent now connects to one of any number of Tor nodes. Tor uses encryption to protect route and address information, not content. It should be used in conjunction with another strong encryption protocol (SSL etc.).
and annoyingly it looks like mirrordot didn't pick up anything besides the first page. Anyone have a link?
The moon is not actually larger. TFA mentions you can always obscure the moon with a dime held at a constant distance from your eye. If there was a lense effect, the magnification would not be illusory.
> which are basically programs to copy files > manually into the filesystem But they can do so much more! It's a mysterious binary executable. It can do anything it wants...