Re: tor

[Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net>]

> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Aaron Porter<atporter () gmail com> wrote:
> > Would you feel better if instead of "Tor" it was called "Crowds" and
> > instead of those rapscallions at the EFF it was a nice respectable
> > AT&T Research project from Avi Ruben? I bet I still have my "Anonymity
> > Loves Company" shirt somewhere... Anonymous speech is a vital concept
> > if you expect Free speech.
>
> ... as long as it doesnt get abused, yes.  When it gets so that the
> volume of abuse gets far higher than the volume of use, they go the
> way of all those anon remailers (nym.alias.net and othes)
>
> And while we are at listing research projects .. there are multiple
> other great projects around - from the berkman center and elsewhere,
> that do much the same.
>
> Only - they're targeted at specific repressive regimes - even
> customized to them.

And which one is targetted at the specific repressive regime effectively
created by the US broadband cartels?  :-)

.. JG
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