I didn't realize The Tor Project needed to investigate other options to raise more money. They have a decently paid staff, and plenty of beneficiaries. At least according to their 2013 tax filings. So, while your idea is interesting, this is a solution seeking a problem with the wrong entity.
> On Jan 10, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Kolja Weber <we...@flokinet.is> wrote: > > The amount of people buy stuff online via torbrowser should be quite low > (besides at some some "silkroads") , any serious online shop like amazon > will block Tor or VPN, otherwise the fraud order rate is quite high. > At least the CC processor / paypal / whatever will block Tor. > >> Dear all, >> >> i've been told of some VPN services that are funding themselves by >> "spoofing" the referral ID in their users traffic, for hundreds of >> different websites for which they made an agreement for Referral / >> Affiliate Marketing, when they earn a commission. >> >> I'm wondering if that couldn't be a very interesting model also for >> TorBrowser, whereby the TorBrowser would automatically inject a referral >> ID (in the HTTP header or URL parameters), whenever a user connect to a >> certain amount of sites when they can buy something, and whenever the >> user buy something, the Tor Project Inc. get back a commission a way of >> financing the organization. >> >> That kind of model could be implemented with a custom plug-in within the >> Tor Browser. >> >> I don't see any risks for the end-users because: >> * For the end-user there would be no difference, as he would buy anyway >> what he want to buy at the same price. >> >> * If the end-user is buying something, he's already giving up his >> identity details to the shopping site >> >> * The website of the shop (being Amazon or others) will anyhow be able >> to identify that the user is coming from Tor network by looking at the >> IP address, so there would be no private information disclosure. >> >> What i don't know, is how many persons buy stuff online by using the Tor >> Browser!? >> > > > -- > > -- > 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 -- 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
