On Thu, 6 Apr 2023, grarpamp wrote:
On 4/5/23, efc@swisscows.email <efc@swisscows.email> wrote:
So you wouldn't say that Tor is good since it is the least worst way for
people to browse?
Users getting jailed or murdered by the State's traffic
analysis and sybil systems is for them perhaps the worst
way to die. Does voting for least worst politicians get you
much of anything in your lifetime, vs ignoring, defunding,
routing around and removing them all permanently.
I think want does not exclude the other. I could vote for the least worst,
at the same time I could tax plan aggressively and route around. I don't
work at the moment, but I have managed to plan my way down to around 9%
taxes or so.
The same goes for users. Some do get jailed but at the same time I am
convinced that low profile targets benefit even though it is not perfect.
But I do give you this much, no one should use this service in the belief
that it is a foolproof way to hide your tracks and I think the project
should be very clear about that. I like the principle "free, informed,
consent" and if there is no information, there can be no free, informed
consent.
It is definitely not perfect but perhaps it could generate more noise in
which to bury the few signals that are out there?
The real solution is to both fork tor, and also to
design and compete entirely new network overlays.
"Tor Stinks -- NSA, vulns known since before 2012"
I was not aware of this, so thank you very much for informing. When it
comes to forking tor there is another problem though, and that is all the
infrastructure. Like FB, tor has some strong networking effects so
starting from scratch would be tough. I do hope that someone does fork
though, and that a new, stronger and less woke project might take over
instead.
As a fun side note though, I do know how quirky the tor guys can be. Many
years ago I tried to reach out to persuade them to develop an "addon" or
separate project utilizing parts of tor that would be a global,
decentralized DNS system without the hops to reduce latency.
I was met with complete silence, so I would not be surprised if things get
ignored. ;)
