On 8/31/14, Griffin Boyce <grif...@cryptolab.net> wrote: > krishna e bera <k...@cyblings.on.ca> wrote: >>There are several pseudonymous development sponsors (named only by >>single letters). Any of them could be GCHQ or NSA or one of their >>front >>agencies. >>It doesnt matter - all of the code remains open source and the >>developers have their own public reputation to maintain. > > Patches are reviewed by some of the most conscientious and > intelligently-paranoid security engineers on the planet. > > The constant "but what if nsa?" refrain tries my patience like nothing else. > It assumes that both the US government and Tor are monoliths. Neither could > be farther from the truth. The ecosystem is also arranged in such a way that > the most competent security engineers, cryptographers, and circumvention > developers have their eyes on Tor. > > If someone doesn't trust Tor, then they shouldn't use it. Tor devs > consistently push security fixes to Firefox, so maybe they shouldn't use > that, either. =P
Truly it *is* worse than that! The tor devs apparently use computers, so I *strongly* (notice those strong asterisks - I use them because they are so strong) recommend people stop using computers. It's waay fishy. <?>No way?<you say> <strong emphasis>Way!<say I> > As for funding, read the tax forms and you'll see where Tor's funding comes > from. It's not from the NSA, and I'm happy to stake my reputation on that. I > wouldn't be involved if that were the case. > > ~ Griffin This one time, at GCHQ, I was like, so lost about how to fund tor. And this one time, at GCHQ, I rang my friends at NSA.<really> And this one time, at GCHQ, I found a way!<No way?!> Then I stuck an onion up my mouse. Then the Siberian SVR branch office mouse hunters came after me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Service_%28Russia%29 -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
