Nathan of Guardian: > On 07/01/2013 02:03 PM, adrelanos wrote: >> I think, this kind of tool doesn't exist yet. > > Could torrents and magnet links address this issue?
As far I know they include hash verification. Issues: - you still have to tell the user "you must download tool X before you can download Y" - torrents have a bad reputation for being illegal and to get trouble with law enforcement, even if in this case it would be perfectly legal in most jurisdictions - browser integration? In case of Whonix, who is going to seed it? Most people aren't eager to acknowledge, that they are using it. > Should we push all > projects to promote torrents if they are unable to offer HTTPS? Still... Would be useful for at least some projects. For example, if the gpg website was TLS/HSTS and included a torrent link, which does verification, this would be a big improvement already. > <snip> > I know there are privacy-decreasing aspects of Torrent use, but that > wasn't part of your requirements(!) :) It actually is. I didn't say it explicitly, indeed. Only implicitly because all tools I named as example where privacy tools. There are probable many other points where my posting lacks or can be misunderstood. > <snip> -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
