Oddbean new post about login | logout My trust in the #Tor project was severely broken, and as of now I'm not running any more relays or bridges.
Why?
Same. Can you give us a brief explanation for your reasoning? Do we all need to make a change?
I don't care what other do, but the exec director posted an article that stars by licking Alexander's boots and regurgitating the regime's propaganda. I thought tor was about helping circumventing censorship and fighting for human rights. But apparently that's not what the decision making people think, so I don't want anything with it.
https://www.intercept.com.br/2024/09/03/vpns-protegem-a-sua-privacidade/ The first part is copy-paste of the regime's propaganda
I don't see any actions taken by Tor. I only see referenced to someone using Tor
She's the executive director of The Tor Project abd agrees with the absurd censorship promoted by Moraes. https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1831064756163391535
dam can't see the tweet
In response to the #Brazilian government's imposed restrictions on VPNs, Isabela Fernandes, Executive Director of the Tor Project, has authored a guest post for @TheInterceptBr about the benefits of IP masking tools for both users AND governments, and advocates for technological capacity building: https://intercept.com.br/2024/09/03/vpns-protegem-a-sua-privacidade/ https://image.nostr.build/e40a1109fabfec2f5b27f9106da27b96c66f98175691d11e205dc1a6df2ec04e.jpg
Not reading all articles, but sounds not cypherpunk at all. Good thing is she doesn't write the code and Tor is open source. But a more mission aligned Director would probably not hurt the project.
I'm not saying the code is bad, I don't trust the Tor Project's leadership anymore. nostr:nevent1qqsvjma7q0pxwk9w9ftys7eatc7ltdepzncv6tcrae2cm0enkw6yzfgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsyg8qe764f8fu7ld5ufeklrsmep8kyjr277jp99wcvlr2xy69jpp99qpsgqqqqqqsugt86k
Why, what happened?
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Yeah, definitely need more context. Completely lost here.
Context: Tor Project's executive director (a Brazilian, apparently) published the following article, endorsed by the Tor project itself. https://www.intercept.com.br/2024/09/03/vpns-protegem-a-sua-privacidade/ The decision by the supreme court has two parts: Banning X. Fining everyone that uses vpn to curcunvent the decision. Even the state sponsored media was against the latter, citing that people use VPN for other reasons. She followed exactly that narrative, saying that the former is ok, and that "Elon is not above the law" (even though he's the only following Brazilian law). As someone living in this mess and exposing myself the risk of being jailed for running tor-related things in a dictatorship, I thought the Tor Project would stand against the abuse of authority and complete erosion of free speech here. The fact that they think it's ok, makes me not wanting taking this risk anymore. I still run some publicly reachable Bitcoin node unde my personal IP, bacause I believe in Bitcoin and I want the network to succeed. I have an average of 300 simultaneous connections and upload an average of 2TB/month, helping others to connect with the network and download stuff. I used to do that for Tor too, but I won't do that anymore. I don't care what other do or think, I'm just not taking this risk anymore. nostr:nevent1qqsw7yl23hpz2vg9fecdcaxdaq2sqn0xdel5yfefrzzyuscgyxjc9aspz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsyg8qe764f8fu7ld5ufeklrsmep8kyjr277jp99wcvlr2xy69jpp99qpsgqqqqqqsa2ly0j
