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File sharing (peer-to-peer/P2P) is widely unwanted in the Tor network, and exit nodes are configured to block file sharing traffic by default. Tor is not really designed for it, and file sharing through Tor slows down everyone's browsing. Also, Bittorrent over Tor is not anonymous!
Should the "or Tor" part be removed?
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I don't think the vulnerability concern as depicted in the 2010 paper is valid anymore, as it was mainly an implementation problem, on a whole different protocol stack (UDP). Please correct me if I'm wrong.
But as for the concern of slowing down the Tor network, it can be said of any connection meant to share voluminous data like videos.
The "About" page contains this blurb:
However, Tor project explicitly tells people to not use BitTorrent over it:
Should the "or Tor" part be removed?
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