Could I restrict list of my Guard nodes by 1) excluding some countries or by 2) specifying the country I want to choose Guard from? I don't like the idea that most of Tor nodes are now located in Germany. It means that if your Guard is also in Germany, then very often all 3 nodes in the chain are from Germany. It sounds not good...
I know that there was discussion in tor project about path selection, like should different nodes correspond to different AS or not, and so on... But now, AFAIK, only nodes within 0.0.0.0/16 are excluded.
Another point is that Guard should be more trusted node than the others. I know that state adversary can use any hosting providers in the whole globe independently from its own country, but his abilities to monitor and analyze traffic are less restricted in its own country. E.g., in the case of NSA I wouldn't like the idea that my Guard is hosted in US. Moreover, in general, I don't think that it is good idea to choose Guard from your own country. As I understand, path selection should force adversary to make so many international collaborations between countries, that it makes the harm to anonymity mostly impractical.
Maybe I'm totally wrong, and my interaction with Guard selection cannot make things better.
Could I restrict list of my…
Could I restrict list of my Guard nodes by 1) excluding some countries or by 2) specifying the country I want to choose Guard from? I don't like the idea that most of Tor nodes are now located in Germany. It means that if your Guard is also in Germany, then very often all 3 nodes in the chain are from Germany. It sounds not good...
I know that there was discussion in tor project about path selection, like should different nodes correspond to different AS or not, and so on... But now, AFAIK, only nodes within 0.0.0.0/16 are excluded.
Another point is that Guard should be more trusted node than the others. I know that state adversary can use any hosting providers in the whole globe independently from its own country, but his abilities to monitor and analyze traffic are less restricted in its own country. E.g., in the case of NSA I wouldn't like the idea that my Guard is hosted in US. Moreover, in general, I don't think that it is good idea to choose Guard from your own country. As I understand, path selection should force adversary to make so many international collaborations between countries, that it makes the harm to anonymity mostly impractical.
Maybe I'm totally wrong, and my interaction with Guard selection cannot make things better.