Scott Bennet> If he discovers that neither his campus library nor the university as a > whole is already officially running at least one relay, this may be a better > way to teach them. If, rather than going for a relay, which is quite likely > to scare them until they understand more and better about tor, AJ were > instead to campaign to get the library to install the tor browser bundle > onto its publicly available computers, that alone would be a terrific > coup and might engender a great deal of student support for tor on campus > over time. (The library would, of course, need to find a way to lock down > the settings of the installed bundle, so that it couldn't be turned into > a relay by users, but that should not be difficult to do.) If he succeeded > in getting the tor browser bundle added to the library's most likely tightly > limited list of applications available on its public machines, he could then > wait a while to see what the staff members thought of it. If they decided > after watching it in use for a while that it was a good thing to have made > available to their users, you might then approach another department that > operates a student computer lab to try to get TBB installed there. If the > library employees liked it, they might give the prospective department a > positive recommendation. If AJ played it right and it usually turned out > well, he might eventually cover much of the campus with TBB installations. > In any case, getting the TBB installed would educate far more people about > anonymity and privacy issues than merely getting a relay installed that most > people would never be aware of.
This is a great idea, and the slides I shared in my last email could help get this conversation started (the slides cover Tor Browser as well as relays and other Tor stuff). If AJ is interested I can connect him with other libraries I've worked with that have installed Tor Browser on all of their public computers. Alison _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
