On 03 Sep 2014, at 17:08, Tor Talker <tortal...@hidemeta.com> wrote:
> [Short answer] > As an individual user, I don't need Tor on Mac OS 10.6, but as a developer of > a soon to be released Tor-dependent project I would like to see support > continue. > > [Long answer] > We are developing a system called HideMeta that relies on Tor and other > proven security components to encrypt and anonymize communications. We are > packaging the system as interpreted source code so there is no need to trust > binary executables. Anyone can inspect the code they are actually running to > verify it does what we claim. Therefore, we rely on Tor support for the > operating systems on which we run. > > If the Tor project abandons OS X 10.6 (which a significant number of users > are stuck with due to lack 64-bit processors or the need for features like > Rosetta), we will either have to advise against using Hidemeta or installing > an outdated Tor. In the face of pervasive, network-wide eavesdropping, our > system gains strength with the number of active users. Our view is that even > on an insecure OS, HideMeta users are still increasing their personal > privacy, making pervasive surveillance less effective, and increasing the > security of whistle blowers, journalists, dissidents, and others who > legitimately need strong privacy and, hopefully, use hardened operating > systems. For us, supporting a widely used OS like 10.6 is a good thing, even > if it has been deprecated. > > I'll also note that we do not need the Tor Browser. Availability of a > standalone Tor executable for OS X would be better for us. You can easily build a 32bit Tor executable. This is not about making Tor incompatible with OSX 10.6, only about not providing Tor Browser builds for it anymore. -- 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
