Re: [tor-dev] Hidden service access without TOR

2013-04-09 Thread Griffin Boyce
Rather than going through a large process to reach hidden services without the Tor bundle, I'd suggest instead using Tor2Web or Onion.to. Tor2Web is also open-source, but both are fairly reliable. Example: DuckDuckGo Tor only: http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.tor2web.org

Re: [tor-dev] (Py)Obfsproxy Debian packages

2013-04-09 Thread George Kadianakis
George Kadianakis desnac...@riseup.net writes: George Kadianakis: we have decided to keep the Obfsproxy name and simply replace the old C codebase with the new Python codebase. It seems that 'obfsproxy' is an extremely powerful brand name and changing it will result in user confusion. That

[tor-dev] Human factors of security software

2013-04-09 Thread Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello nice Tor people, [I've spoken with Runa about this and she suggested me to send this to the dev list. If it should belong somewhere else, just let me know. Thanks Runa.] Tl;dr: 6 months worth of a reasonably security/privacy/encryption savvy

Re: [tor-dev] Human factors of security software

2013-04-09 Thread Griffin Boyce
While I'm not quite sure it's what you're looking for, cross-cultural factors come into play a lot and seriously affect trust. I work with an organization that (in turn) works with Chinese activists organizers. It's a bit of a catch-22 that tools and guides in Chinese dialects are critically

Re: [tor-dev] Human factors of security software

2013-04-09 Thread Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Griffin, Yes, I would agree with you that language and culture play a big role in trusting something. Unfortunately that's a bit outside my field, and also the scope of my dissertation. What I am looking for is some suggestions, or ideas I

[tor-dev] Help me test Tor Browser Launcher

2013-04-09 Thread Micah Lee
I posted a little over a month ago about Tor Browser Launcher, a project I've been working on to make it easier for GNU/Linux users to securely download, install, keep updated, and launch TBB: https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher I think it's about ready for a first release! I wrote