• ɔiƚoxɘup@beehaw.org
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    To give you an idea, last time I used Tor, I suddenly started to get a bunch of connection attempts from the FBI. Was I doing anything illegal? Nope. Was TOR a legal liability? You betcha.

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      Connection attempts from the FBI? Could you specify that a bit further?

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        I was using peerblock and one of the blocklists contained known governmental IP addresses. Those blocked connections began quickly filling the logs.

        Spooked the crap outta me. It’s been a few years since I did that, so I could have that detail wrong. I know it was for sure one of the three letter acronyms, DOD, FBI, CIA, but they were definitely incoming.

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      I suddenly started to get a bunch of connection attempts from the FBI.

      How can I observe connection attempts like this?

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        I use peerblock and had some good blocklists set up. The hardest part should be finding peerblock or a more modern fork, the blocklists are mostly public. Helps keep from connecting to known bad actors.