emigrant writes: > hi all, > i would like to suggest TOR to build some sort of online system, > like a proxy server. where ppl just come and enter the address in the > text box and hit 'surf with tor' or something. so that the same > objective is achieved as in running the TOR client. > its easier for pcs and mobile devices as well (as most mobile devices > still don't support TOR). > > and i think, this can be a step towards the increasing trend of cloud > computing, if i have correctly understood what is cloud computing. :D
The Tor developers don't think that would achieve the "same objective" as Tor, because the proxy server would be in a position to know both where you are coming from and what you are doing. Tor aims to prevent anyone from being in this position, and in any case the Tor Project wouldn't want to be: https://www.torproject.org/faq#Torisdifferent -- Seth Schoen Senior Staff Technologist [email protected] Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/ 454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 +1 415 436 9333 x107 *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
