<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tor.stackexchange.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;9485&#x2F;decrease-number-of-hidden-service-hops" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tor.stackexchange.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;9485&#x2F;decrease-number...</a> links to some proposals for doing so. I thought I remembered something on the Tor blog about that, but didn&#x27;t find it.<p>But anyway, why would a hidden service with 3 hops look different than a clearnet site visited over tor and 3 hops?