On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 12:17:12AM -0400, John Newman wrote: > > > > 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.
You're evidently a deeply nuanced intellectual. Or something ... > >> 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
