I don't think that's true and a very cursory google suggests (to me at least) that im right and I don't have time to parse a bunch of sources right now. So idk if anyone else could chime in with specific technical details or a source id appreciate it.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

https://onionservices.torproject.org/technology/properties/

Usually, whenever a Tor user is surfing around, their connection exits the Tor network at some point to reach a destination on the internet.

But with Onion Services, the communication from one point to another happens entirely inside the Tor network, all the time.

[–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I guess I was holding onto some fearmongering from the silk road days when i swear everyone was saying not to use TOR because it was all owned. It's good to know that onion addresses can be accessed without revealing any info. If you accidentally navigate from a Tor site to a clearweb site how much is potentially given away, assuming the exit node is compromised?

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago

I wouldn't go as far as claiming it doesn't reveal any info, all I'm saying here is that there are more security guarantees, and demonstrated security failures of Tor related to adversarial exit nodes don't necessarily apply to onion services. I don't really know much beyond that.

[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 2 points 17 hours ago

Tor is used by many countries, both users and governments. The reason for Tor is that it's not searchable: you need an exact, password-like URL to reach, for example, login pages. This ensures there is no chance another country can spy on or access those communications.