>I have nothing to hide, and if I did, I'd use SSL/Tor
The NSA is probably the one agency TOR wouldn't protect you from. I would be very surprised to learn they weren't operating or had compromised, if not a majority of the TOR exit nodes, then at least enough to render it vulnerable. They have the resources, the know-how, the mandate, and the motivation.
Isn't that what HTTPS if for? I guess you'd probably want to make sure the server was using perfect forward secrecy too but even without it you are significantly safer.
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>I have nothing to hide, and if I did, I'd use SSL/Tor
The NSA is probably the one agency TOR wouldn't protect you from. I would be very surprised to learn they weren't operating or had compromised, if not a majority of the TOR exit nodes, then at least enough to render it vulnerable. They have the resources, the know-how, the mandate, and the motivation.
Isn't that what HTTPS if for? I guess you'd probably want to make sure the server was using perfect forward secrecy too but even without it you are significantly safer.