Re: [tor-talk] Tor and solidarity against online harassment

2014-12-14 Thread Mirimir
On 12/13/2014 11:15 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 12/14/14, andr...@fastmail.fm wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014, at 03:30 AM, kendrick eastes wrote: >>> dont feed the troll. If you ignore them they go away faster. >> >> I was interested in hearing what he had to say. You folks may argue >> agains

Re: [tor-talk] Tor and solidarity against online harassment

2014-12-14 Thread Mirimir
On 12/14/2014 09:28 PM, Paul Syverson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 01:04:06PM -0700, Mirimir wrote: > [snip] >> >> However, Tor is by design a Chaum-style network of untrusted nodes. As >> long as one of the three nodes in a circuit is honest, users remain >> anonymous. Even simultaneous attack

Re: [tor-talk] HR4681 Sec 309 communication privacy legislation

2014-12-14 Thread ITechGeek
This is all mute: (i) the communication has been affirmatively determined, in whole or in part, to constitute foreign intelligence or counterintelligence or is necessary to understand or assess foreign intelligence or counterintelligence; Item I probably is intended to cover FISA warrants. Which

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: Developing an open-source, user-friendly tool for avoiding stylometry; seeking input from community

2014-12-14 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:14:37PM -0500, Alden Page wrote: > In the spirit of meeting the needs of the privacy community, I am > interested in hearing what potential users might have to say about the > design of such a tool. As of now, I envision this tool as a GUI > desktop application that provi

Re: [tor-talk] Tor and solidarity against online harassment

2014-12-14 Thread Paul Syverson
On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 01:04:06PM -0700, Mirimir wrote: [snip] > > However, Tor is by design a Chaum-style network of untrusted nodes. As > long as one of the three nodes in a circuit is honest, users remain > anonymous. Even simultaneous attacks by non-colluding adversaries can > protect users'

[tor-talk] Fwd: Developing an open-source, user-friendly tool for avoiding stylometry; seeking input from community

2014-12-14 Thread Alden Page
It has been shown that it is possible to "fingerprint" a person using their writing style (preference for certain words, spelling mistakes, eccentricities in grammar, etc.) thereby using this fingerprint to determine whether or not a person authored an anonymous document to a high degree of statist

Re: [tor-talk] phantom protocol

2014-12-14 Thread grarpamp
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > Does anyone here know about the Phantom Protocol: > https://code.google.com/p/phantom/ > > It looks like it's abandonware, although someone sent a message to the list > that they had done some tests with virtual machines. The HESSLA is pro

Re: [tor-talk] HR4681 Sec 309 communication privacy legislation

2014-12-14 Thread Mirimir
On 12/14/2014 10:39 AM, Tim Mitchell wrote: > Morning all, > > > If no one has yet seen Section 309 of US HR4681, it contains > some very dubious language that sounds like it is legalizing > indefinite government retention of encrypted communications. > The text is as follows (Section 309.b.3.B.i

Re: [tor-talk] Mirrors now available over Hidden Services

2014-12-14 Thread Colin Mahns
I believe Facebook and Blockchain both used Digicert to issue a .onion cert. If I'm not mistaken Runa has worked with both teams? Colin On December 14, 2014 8:44:57 PM EST, Thomas White wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA512 > >Christian Gagneraud: >>> We will be seeking to o

Re: [tor-talk] Mirrors now available over Hidden Services

2014-12-14 Thread Thomas White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Christian Gagneraud: >> We will be seeking to obtain SSL certificates for both mirrors > > Which CA will you use? [just curious] I've messaged Alec from Facebook who was the team leader for their hidden service implementation. Hopefully I will get

Re: [tor-talk] Mirrors now available over Hidden Services

2014-12-14 Thread Colin Mahns
Awesome, thanks for doing this! Colin Thomas White: > I'm happy to announce that both my Globe and Atlas mirrors are now > available as a hidden service for all those who prefer end-to-end > encryption over Tor! > > Atlas: http://atlas777hhh7mcs7.onion > > Globe: http://globe223ezvh6bps.onion >

Re: [tor-talk] Mirrors now available over Hidden Services

2014-12-14 Thread Christian Gagneraud
On 15/12/14 14:14, Thomas White wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I'm happy to announce that both my Globe and Atlas mirrors are now available as a hidden service for all those who prefer end-to-end encryption over Tor! \o/ [...] We will be seeking to obtain SSL certifi

[tor-talk] Mirrors now available over Hidden Services

2014-12-14 Thread Thomas White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I'm happy to announce that both my Globe and Atlas mirrors are now available as a hidden service for all those who prefer end-to-end encryption over Tor! Atlas: http://atlas777hhh7mcs7.onion Globe: http://globe223ezvh6bps.onion Unfortunately due t

Re: [tor-talk] HR4681 Sec 309 communication privacy legislation

2014-12-14 Thread Colin Mahns
Probably. I'm sure it implies any communications that pass through the United States. Colin On December 14, 2014 4:27:13 PM EST, I wrote: >Does that apply all over the world? > > >> From: tim.mitche...@outlook.com >> Sent: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:39:27 -0800 >> To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org >>

Re: [tor-talk] HR4681 Sec 309 communication privacy legislation

2014-12-14 Thread I
Does that apply all over the world? > From: tim.mitche...@outlook.com > Sent: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:39:27 -0800 > To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > Subject: [tor-talk] HR4681 Sec 309 communication privacy legislation > > Morning all, > > > If no one has yet seen Section 309 of US HR4681, it co

[tor-talk] phantom protocol

2014-12-14 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
Hi Tor people, Does anyone here know about the Phantom Protocol: https://code.google.com/p/phantom/ It looks like it's abandonware, although someone sent a message to the list that they had done some tests with virtual machines. My main question is this: how does it bootstrap? I'm asking here

[tor-talk] HR4681 Sec 309 communication privacy legislation

2014-12-14 Thread Tim Mitchell
Morning all, If no one has yet seen Section 309 of US HR4681, it contains some very dubious language that sounds like it is legalizing indefinite government retention of encrypted communications. The text is as follows (Section 309.b.3.B.iii): (B) Limitation on retention.--A covered communicat

Re: [tor-talk] Tor and solidarity against online harassment

2014-12-14 Thread s7r
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I can see a lot of FUD spread around here regarding Roger and the NSA. First of all, Tor is free, open-source and its usage is not enforced. Feel free to use it if you trust it, if not that's ok with the rest of us. Second, I can't understand how som