romanpoet

I've seen several complaints here about how GOS does "user profiles", specifically complaining they make the UX too poor. There is a weaker form of user profiles called "work profiles" that one can use to have separation between apps but in a more user-friendly way.

The recommended app is "Shelter". https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/

This has precedence for the LA Metro in 2017.

https://observer.com/2017/10/la-metro-promotes-transit-etiqu...

Stopped reading after being informed that my thinking the word "Eskimo", which the author zerself used, is offensive.

There's still a few nodes remaining in Asia.

https://tormap.void.gr/

As a point of comparison, look at the nodes for Ethereum, which, IMHO, is a even more disruptive idea than Tor.

https://team.carto.com/builder/e70677d5-1111-40a8-9e19-f27da...

Ethereum is a much younger project than Tor, and explicitly eschews the human-rights / internet-freedom branding, even though it will obviously be incredibly useful for those purposes.

I left Tor Project after seven years for the same reason (the pivot from "internet privacy" to "human rights watch for nerds" where internet privacy is a means to an end). At Tor Project, the adults are no longer guiding the ship.

https://medium.com/@virgilgr/tors-branding-pivot-is-going-to...

Ethereum

I'm here to report to you that unfortunately they are not that company. I hear they used to be everything the nerds dreamed, but as the company grew, the original culture was unable to defend itself.

Knowing nothing about the manifesto, the article's frequent use of weasel words makes me want to support to author of the manifesto.

This has been done in Singapore for years.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10108869359209909&se...

You know, this sounds absurd, but I like it.

please someone teach this student LaTeX.

Okay, if Tor decides they'd pare back of the rest of the world to "focus at home", that would be a perfectly fine thing, logically consistent thing to do

However, this argument doesn't generate any virtue points. My sole claims about Tor are (1) they've pivoted and (2) their short-sightedness. They want to be rah-rah human-rights, but their angle of pursuit of human-rights is, ironically, notably counter-productive.

Good point. To answer you directly---in short they like whistleblowing.

More long-form they like some of the protection features---e.g., protection against corporate espionage from China/USA. They probably also like to use such technologies to spy on their neighbors in efforts to leverage that information to negotiate better trade deals.

relays:

* https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/46022AFBB0B1A771EE3CB3...

* https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/AD00FAC2AB97E310ECAB25...

> But hey, if you decide to use a proxy that screams "I'M A POLITICAL DISSIDENT" with every packet you send they might just get interested.

Hit the nail on the head my good sir.

Thank you 1ris! Yes, that is exactly the point.

Tor operators are the main ones at increased risk. But the key point that there's no good reason for any of them to be at increased risk at all.

That's a perfectly fine response, and it's completely logical.

However, Tor self-righteously insists it is improving human rights, especially for improving human rights outside the west.

> I have much respect for Virgil, but I also think Tor is in need of a rebrand at home.

Thanks! I love you too.

> These are things that economic resources that have to answer to Western political authorities will run from, and if the project needs funding, it needs to have a feel-good message that supporters can parrot to politicians and others that actually have power.

This is a totally reasonable response. I would be delighted if Tor Project could make a pronouncement like this.

As a reply, I saw no indication they were having trouble appeasing western authorities---e.g., they had no trouble getting DARPA money for the big MEMEX project. They are voluntarily cutting themselves off from defense because they dislike the politics of the funders. Instead, they are piloting themselves into a position where they are forced to take money from human-rights funders just to stay afloat. And becoming "Human Rights Watch for Nerds", makes Tor work vastly more difficult in the Asia Pacific.

I agree with you that Tor could use a rebrand, but this is a poor choice of one.

You can run relays in Singapore. But you'll first want to leave your cellphone number with the police so they give you a call before visiting you at home.

After the pivot there remain two Singapore relays run by brave operators.

https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/SG

> Will the new greater emphasis on human rights cause Singapore's authorities to give it greater scrutiny? Maybe, maybe not. But it certainly won't help.

Yep. That's the argument. Their pivot is not the end of the world, but it definitely hurts.

Author here. In short, Singapore authorities view Privacy as a double-edged sword. They recognize it's power for anti-corruption (which they love), but dislike the human-rights angle and possibility for breaking the law. Realistically they'll do a balancing act.

As long as one can convincing argue that weight of the things they like about Tor exceed the weight of the things they dislike about Tor, you're good. Tor's pivot to emphasize human rights makes that comparison much harder to win.

Why is this better than netcat?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcat

This is hilarious. I also contributed to BGI-Cognitive Genomics.

Please share, what comparable setup have you used?

Unfortunately it is deliberate. As a Caltech student I told them not to do this, but they thought it was edgy and hip.