[tor-talk] Tor in Mexico

[Gozu-san]

On 15/11/11 23:39, Mondior Folimun wrote:

> On Monday, November 14, 2011 12:37 AM, "Gozu-san" <gozu at xerobank.net>
> wrote:
>> On 12/11/11 20:50, Mondior Folimun wrote:
>>
>>> To be on the safe side, someone who speaks Spanish should create a
>>> fake email account and make sure these people know about Tor
>>> Bridges. If the Zetas are as reckless as they seem, it might not be
>>> too long before any Tor user who directly accesses the Tor network
>>> from the area is in danger, regardless of what they use Tor for.
>>> https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges
>>
>> Assume that the Zetas have full admin access for all local and
>> regional ISPs in the areas that they control.  Also assume that they
>> know Tor very well, run relays, and routinely communicate through it.
>>
>> How safe would it be, in those areas, to access Tor through bridges?
> 
> Isn't this exactly the situation for which bridges were designed?
> For when your opponent has full control of your upstream and really
> wants to stop you from using Tor?

Arguably, the prudent threat model is that the Zetas will kill you if
they learn that you're using Tor.  They can access available resources
for finding bridge addresses <http://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges>.
And they may have connection logs, so provisional obscurity isn't
sufficient.