brezel

yeah i’m not saying it is stupid or something, but this kind of optimisation is found in C code very often, where people take the first|last N of something because it is most likely good enough :D

The algorithm checked only the last 16 characters of the path, so package differences were not considered.

that is such a C thing to do.

obligatory xkcd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5G1QG6cXc

my guess is that a large number of tor exit nodes is run by government agencies.