I agree. Even if Tor was illegal then just set it up and make a new gmail and use it for tor-talk with a fake identity. Many of us use Tor for our safety. On Aug 21, 2013 7:13 AM, "mick" <m...@rlogin.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 23:35:39 -0400 > William Conlow <wmcon...@gmail.com> allegedly wrote: > > > I'm a bit of a newb at this (all of it). But this email thread > > (tor-talk) is completely unencrypted, right? And it has to be that > > way? > > > It doesn't /have/ to be that way, but it is much more convenient (and > useful to a much larger population) if it is structured that way. > Arguably tor-talk (and/or other tor related lists) could be hosted on a > hidden service, encrypyted (by a key trusted by a large group - which in > itself is non-trivial to manage). But why? Usage of tor is not in > itself illegal in the US (or in many other jurisdictions). Tor's > designers and the relay operators (I am one) all want to see tor > widely used so why hide discussion about it? Having a publicly readable > archive of such discussion allows anyone interested in tor to follow > earlier discussions and make up their own minds about whether they > would wish to use tor. Hiding discussion would deny interested parties > that right and would end up in futile "choir preaching". > > Best > > Mick > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mick Morgan > gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 > http://baldric.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
