Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://y.diskcat.com/@snep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>snep</span></a></span> <em>espechally on mobile!</em></p><ul><li>In my 15+ years of experience, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> works as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PerformanceProxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerformanceProxy</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/throttled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>throttled</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> networks in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EDGEland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDGEland</span></a> since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MNO</span></a>|s and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MVNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MVNO</span></a>|s don't properly negotiate a <em>"link width"</em> but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/throttle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>throttle</span></a> by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dropping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dropping</span></a> packets, adding <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TCP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SlowStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlowStart</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/latency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latency</span></a>. </li></ul><p>OFC it won't make shit go faster, but more reliable.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/latency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latency</span></a> is shit on all mobile networks that ain't straight-up <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a>-based like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a>, Tor doesn't add that much to it...</li></ul><p>In fact, Tor makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/throttled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>throttled</span></a> connections <em>bearable</em> for me for &gt;15 years, as even back in 2008 one couldn't just get <em>"unlimited data"</em>, espechally not as an individual (school child) without income or wealth!</p>