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    > The concept is flawed simply because a layman will use
    > email and facebook over Tor and then bam! you can
    > identify him instantly.
This doesn't match my understanding of how Tor works, and I'm happy to be wrong on this. Do you mean that their actions when logged-in/authorized will be identifiable as them, or if while using a Tor service, if you make any identifiable internet calls, the whole of the rest of your session is identifiable?


Because of the way Facebook and other sites can track your movements across websites (due to Like button embedding and other third party scripts that we all use on our sites), they'll be able to identify you across your session, defeating the purpose of Tor. At least thats how I've understood it.




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