On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Scott Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > That some people have found tor to be helpful in bypassing censorial > regimes' efforts is one of the nicer unintended consequences of tor's design, > but such use is fallout from, not motivation for, the design.
I thought a driving idea behind TOR was to bring together people with different goals but a common need (or at least a set of tightly related needs) so that we form a larger anonymity pool and benefit from common investment in infrastructure. Many Tor users regard some of the uses to be unfortunate but tolerable side effects. I run nodes primarily because I want to help people avoid censorship, I regard anonymity (except to the extent that it is needed to avoid effective censorship) to be socially detrimental collateral damage. (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/) So when you use Tor to achieve anonymity you should be thankful that there are other people who use the same tools to avoid censorship.
