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		chrisduesing on Oct 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Attacking Tor: How the NSA targets users' online a... Wait, so simply by using Tor the government will install malware on your computer. How is that legal?

boon on Oct 4, 2013 [–]

My interpretation of the article was that they identify prior to attacking.

I suppose they could use a "spray and pray" attack on anyone using Tor, but that would be easily detected.

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