GUADEC: Imagining Tor built-in to GNOME
GUADEC: Imagining Tor built-in to GNOME
Posted Aug 9, 2012 12:24 UTC (Thu) by Corkscrew (guest, #65853)Parent article: GUADEC: Imagining Tor built-in to GNOME
But I'm a bit concerned with making Tor available by default to ordinary users. While Linux's average user has historically been a cut above the rest, Tor is *not* something you should have running if you don't understand exactly what it does.
The scenario I'm imagining is:
1 New user installs Tor-enabled Linux distro;
2 Tor runs in background;
3 User's computer gets used as an exit node by someone downloading child porn;
4 User gets arrested by local cops;
5a User, not knowing what Tor is, is unable to mount a strong defence; or
5b User, knowing what Tor is, complains bitterly at Linux distro for screwing them over.
A safer alternative might be to use one of the darknet protocols (I2P, Phantom), or to limit Tor usage to *.onion by default.
Posted Aug 9, 2012 13:01 UTC (Thu)
by n8willis (subscriber, #43041)
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GUADEC: Imagining Tor built-in to GNOME