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Will tor encryption work on a public network?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 20261894 views
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I'm using a hotel's wifi service and need to send sensitive documents back home. A coworker has suggested using tor but I'm uncertain when and where the decryption takes place. Is it decrypted at the exit node? If it is, when you send or receive a document through tor while using a public network, …

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With tor, the data is decrypted at the exit node. The exit node, plus all routers and networks between the exit node and the target server can see the unencrypted data. Furthermore, you have no control over the exit node, so it may be in any of a nu…

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