On Friday 20 October 2006 14:53, Fabian Keil wrote: > > > For a user new to Tor, the documentation is often confusing or > > ambiguous, important information is missing, and sometimes minor details > > over emphasized (especially in Tor FAQ). Tor is a young product and > > hopefully these problems will be remedied as it grows. In the meantime > > though, some users are depending on it for anonymity. You can be sure > > that someone in Red China, searching for information his or her > > government does not want them to see, is not likely to have mis > > configured or misused Tor for want of trying to get it right. > > I assume you mean the opposite of the last sentence?
I can't speak for the OP but I think he meant what he said. If someone is using Tor, they are *trying* to be anonymous. Whether they are successful or not depends on how well they've digested the FAQ - and I think it is a fair point that some things (such as javascript/flash and the perils of unencypted traffic) require more emphasis than others (e.g. why is tor so slow, how often does tor change its paths). > > Anyway, there will always be some people who don't > understand the documentation, or don't even bother to > read it. That's the case for every product and not a > Tor specific problem. > I think there are subtleties to the safe use of Tor that require some technical understanding. And that is a Tor specific problem which shouldn't be overlooked. -- KlamAV - An Anti-Virus Manager for KDE - http://www.klamav.net TorK - A Tor Controller For KDE - http://tork.sf.net
