On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Mark McCarron <mark.mccar...@live.co.uk> wrote: > Basically, I keep a track of site numbers year-on-year, site availability > from 3rd party monitoring and read comments on forums and chat.
from this you draw too many unsupported conclusions. > Whilst it may be good in some sense, it states that Tor is failing in its > primary task of promoting freedom through anonymity. freedom to communicate is very different from freedom of consequences for your actions. if you are posting material incriminating yourself harming another, do you think the evidence is solely digital and ephemeral? "good old fashioned police work" identifies criminals harming others effectively, and outside the scope of "private network communication". the markets you allude to, drug trade and sex crimes, perhaps a less appropriate measure - consider cyber crime where information trade alone is the offense, and you've got a better metric for the privacy protections of illicit infotrade across digital networks. last but not least, to the extent that these sites distributing deplorable content (rape of earth humans) represented a failure in enforcement, it seems logical that a vigilante response would develop. these may have significant impact on availability, yet say more about the general insecurity of software systems and digital networks more than anything specific about Tor's privacy protections. > In fact, it would seem that Tor is having the opposite effect, silencing > everyone through fear... > So, the question remains, what is wrong with the Anonymity and Security of > Tor? flawed assumptions, invalid premises. i disagree entirely! best regards, -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk