Georg Koppen: Weird - I got the following reply a few hours after submitting the mail:
>Your message has been rejected, probably because you are not >subscribed to the mailing list and the list's policy is to prohibit >non-members from posting to it. However, I was already a subscribed and confirmed member at this post. Maybe someone decided to still approve it after someone else had already declined the message. Anyway, I hope this is being looked into, a reply regarding The Tor Projects official stance on Team Cymru would also be great, because right now, I avoid their relays and bridges like the plague. I decided to do some own research, and it seems like the Tor Project has a long-standing relationship with Team Cymru (at least since 2012, and maybe even earlier): https://blog.torproject.org/knock-knock-knockin-bridges-doors Still, I'm slightly paranoid when organizations like these start spinning up many different relays, effectively getting to see a substantial portion of the network's traffic. So long, Lisa 2021-03-22 17:17 GMT, Georg Koppen <g...@torproject.org>: > Lisa Winter: >> Hello list, >> >> I just visited BridgeDB and got a bridge from "Team Cymru", according to >> the whois of the IP - should the Tor Project really allow a company >> trying to "track and take down threat actors and criminals around the >> globe" host a substantial portion of the network, according to their >> info page: >> >> https://team-cymru.com/company/ >> >> The following was also very concerning: >> >> "Team Cymru is comprised of former…" >> - ... >> - Law enforcement >> - ISP backbone engineers >> - ... >> >> I suspect that they log connections to their relays and bridges, and >> maybe even more. >> >> Such companies profit from gathering and selling information's, >> exploits and the likes. >> >> bad-relays rejected this message, which is concerning.. I hope someone > > I am not sure which message you are talking about but, for the record, > that mailing list contains a quite similar mail from you. So, that one > at least did not get rejected. > > Georg > >> here could redirect it to the right people, or do the Tor Project >> higher-ups know the people behind Team Cymru and vouch for them? >> >> Bye, >> Lisa Winter >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-relays mailing list >> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >> > > > _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
