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Expand Up @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ <h1 class="post-title">What Happens When Tor Exit Nodes Break Bad?</h1>

<h3 id="introduction:f95a411bd10674adcf2a6a8ceddf9328">Introduction</h3>

<p>When <a href="/blog/categories/tor/">looking at how Tor works</a>, we&rsquo;ve looked at the various types of nodes that make up the Tor network. However, you&rsquo;ll notice that we haven&rsquo;t dealt too much with <em>exit nodes</em>. Exit nodes are the final link in a Tor &ldquo;circuit&rdquo;, or path from the client to the server. Since exit nodes send data to the final destination, they can see the data as if it had just left the device.</p>
<p>When <a href="/blog/tags/tor/">looking at how Tor works</a>, we&rsquo;ve looked at the various types of nodes that make up the Tor network. However, you&rsquo;ll notice that we haven&rsquo;t dealt too much with <em>exit nodes</em>. Exit nodes are the final link in a Tor &ldquo;circuit&rdquo;, or path from the client to the server. Since exit nodes send data to the final destination, they can see the data as if it had just left the device.</p>

<p>This visibility puts quite a bit of trust in exit nodes and, for the most part, they tend to act responsibly. However, this isn&rsquo;t always the case. This post will take a look at what happens when a Tor <a href="https://i.imgur.com/L8L7k1Z.jpg">exit node operator</a> decides to &ldquo;break bad&rdquo; and wreak havoc on Tor users<a href="#end-1"><sup>1</sup></a>.</p>

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