Tor-n Agenda? Good Question
January 11, 2016
I want to steer clear of the thrashing about the Tor Project. I do want to point you to the blurring of the lines between the Clear or Open Web (what you can see in Firefox or Chrome) and the Dark Web (what you can access via the Tor software bundle). My view is that the boundary between open and closed Webs is getting broader.
Navigate to “Two Months after FBI Debacle, Tor Project Still Can’t Get an Answer from CMU.” The write up is about understanding what academics can do and what they cannot talk about.
The write up also talks about “defensive” issues related to Tor. Among the most important are increasingly consumer-y apps; for example, Mumble. The issue of US government funding has some interesting implications.
I learned in the write up:
I would like to see Tor funded to the point where they’re not funded in the way they grow the network based on funding priorities. I would like to see Tor respected as a freedom-enhancing technology, and I’d like to see the world not throwing negative stuff in there along with it. I want them to get that this is really important.
The statement comes from Shari Steele, Executive Director of the Tor Project.
How will the concept of Tor usage mesh with that of those who fund the system? Worth watching.
Stephen E Arnold, January 11, 2016
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