Opinions on Tor?

[R. Anthony Lomartire]

Ulbricht brought himself down. Tor isn't a catchall but it is a useful tool
when used correctly.

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015, 8:00 PM Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:

> If you run a relay, you're just providing bandwidth.  For an exit node,
> all kinds of traffic would come from your IP.  I don't want the RIAA or
> anyone else sending me a legal notice for something someone else did.
>
> As for security, back in 2007...
> https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/09/anonymity_and_t_1.html.
> Also, FWIW, Silk Road was on Tor and still taken down with effective
> detective work.  It's not secure.
>
> In some ways, I'm surprised the library in my home town was the 1st, but
> maybe I shouldn't.  Lots of interesting 1sts happened in the Upper Valley
> area.
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Curt Howland <Howland at priss.com> wrote:
>
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>> On Friday 11 September 2015, Matt Minuti was heard to say:
>> > I've only used Tor for a few minutes, maybe 5 years ago, just to
>> > try it out, but I've always loved the idea. It would be great (and
>> > totally an ALA sort of thing to do) if libraries all over ran
>> > nodes, especially exit nodes, since aren't those the ones in short
>> > supply?
>>
>> I had thought that the library was running an exit node, but no, all
>> this is just over running a relay.
>>
>> Heck, I'm running a relay myself. apt-get install tor
>>
>> What I would not dare to do is run an exit node, even though doing so
>> would be a public service. Too many three-letter-agencies.
>>
>> > Aren't a huge number of nodes operated by the three-letter-agencies
>> > anyways?
>>
>> They'd be crazy not to, sniffing all the way.
>>
>> - --
>> You may my glories and my state dispose,
>> But not my griefs; still am I king of those.
>>  --- William Shakespeare, "Richard II"
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