"The more the merrier" is one thing. Making safety and security promises about a given circumvention tool is another.
I accept that some circumvention tools are insecure, *if and only if* the developers disclose that information and make no false promises about what their tool can provide. On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Eric S Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > Without answering Jillian’s question directly, I have to say: “the more, > the merrier.”**** > > ** ** > > Right now, in cybercensored countries, it’s true many folks (though far > from all) have heard about one or more cybercircumvention tools. But most > folks’ attempts to use them are not entirely successful, either because*** > * > > **· **their proxies are blocked too, or**** > > **· **the proxy to which they can get access is overloaded.**** > > At this point, the need for more proxies to solve these two problems is > far from exhausted.**** > > ** ** > > I still haven’t heard of any cases where someone’s been persecuted *because > they used a proxy*. I’m certainly not saying folks shouldn’t care about > anonymity, just remembering that for the vast majority of cybercensored > netizens, anonymity isn’t what they perceive to be the issue they face when > they browse; censorship is.**** > > ** ** > > Best,**** > > Eric**** > > OpenPGP<http://keyserver.pgp.com/vkd/DownloadKey.event?keyid=0xE0F58E0F1AF7E6F2>: > 0x1AF7E6F2 ● Skype: oneota ● XMPP/OTR: [email protected] ● Silent > Circle: +1 312 614-0159**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jillian C. York > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 22, 2013 08.01 > *To:* liberationtech > *Subject:* Re: [liberationtech] Google Unveils Tools to Access Web From > Repressive Countries | TIME.com**** > > ** ** > > Since I already have more skepticism of Google Ideas and Jared Cohen than > I need, let me pose this question:**** > > ** ** > > With the understanding that uProxy provides no anonymity protections, *is > it providing anything that other circumvention tools do not already?* > What's unique about it?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. > -- *Note: *I am slowly extricating myself from Gmail. Please change your address books to: [email protected] or [email protected]. US: +1-857-891-4244 | NL: +31-657086088 site: jilliancyork.com <http://jilliancyork.com/>* | * twitter: @jilliancyork* * "We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality" - *Vaclav Havel*
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