> On Jul 21, 2017, at 10:14 PM, Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 08:51:11PM -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: >>> On 07/21/2017 08:26 PM, #$%&#$ %&#$%&#$ wrote: >>> One of the key features that the Tor company/group has never >>> implemented is chaff-filled network - that is, you specify "I want to >>> allocate 100 KB/s to my node, and I want that divided equally amongst >>> my outward connections, and any peer node that "randomly drops" >>> packets, becomes less trusted by me. >>> >>> I asked the devs directly (or someone else did, can't remember for >>> sure), and the reason came back "our funding proposals for this >>> feature have never been approved" - which makes sense, since the CIA, >>> DIA, DOD and NSA fund the creation of the Tor network, they don't >>> want to fund features which make it much harder for them to uncloak >>> users they are targetting. >> >> Maybe funded, as in past tense. The current Tor project is not >> dependent at all on US government funding that I can see. > > Shawn you're a funny lad - a little too transparent for your own > good but hey, that's better from my perspective :D > > >> If you can prove >> otherwise, please post the proof. > > Oh please! Awesome - I love this in the morning, makes for a really > happy day which I know is pre-laced with humour unseen by the one > delivering the punch lines. Gold :) > > Your transparency is causing me to not stop chuckling. Juan is > sharper than I and he spotted you ages ago. >
Yes, Juan is. You're a moron. > >> The nice thing about free software is anyone can add those >> features, or pay for them to be added. So even your non-government >> or non-US programmers can change the code and run their own custom >> version of Tor. The features you mention don't even break >> compatibility with the rest of the network, so that's not an issue. > > Thank you for reiterating part of my email with which we evidently > agree on. > > Have a great day - mine started out fabulous :D > Z
