[tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread Sven Reissmann
Hi there, I recently read about the anonbox project [1], a small hardware-router, which allows end-users to connect their whole LAN to the Tor network. The project is on kickstarter at the moment [2]. Has there already been a discussion on how this might affect the performance of the Tor

Re: [tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread Thomas White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well the topic has come up several times in the last day or two on IRC and generally the feeling is that it may be quite bad for the users of the product, not necessarily the Tor network however. One thing that AnonBox does do is increase Tor network

Re: [tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread Torzilla
I have seen their website and it looks like someone is trying to sell this product though I didn't see a price tag yet. Looks dangerous. Possibly a honeypot. Thanks, Torzilla11 Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone Thomas White thomaswh...@riseup.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-

Re: [tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread isis
Sven Reissmann transcribed 2.4K bytes: Hi there, I recently read about the anonbox project [1], a small hardware-router, which allows end-users to connect their whole LAN to the Tor network. The project is on kickstarter at the moment [2]. Has there already been a discussion on how this

Re: [tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread Andrew Lewman
On 10/15/2014 08:00 AM, Thomas White wrote: I am personally hoping somebody high up in the Tor Project management will openly condemn this atrocity and hopefully Kickstarter and the funders will withdraw their funds before a whole load of people buy into this security as a tool idea. I'm more

Re: [tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread Tom Ritter
I'm far from being knowledgeable about this project, but since no one else has, I'll point out some controversy around it: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/2j9caq/anonabox_tor_router_box_is_false_representation -tom ___ tor-relays mailing list

Re: [tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread Thomas White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I understand the approach of this, but it again reverts back to the problem of people believing a product will provide them reasonable protection without the responsibility of having to take measures themselves. There are stories everyday in the

Re: [tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread Pete's iPad
I was excited about this project and signed up as a backer. Then I read http://www.reddit.com/r/anonabox/comments/2ja22g/hi_im_august_germar_a_developer_for_the_anonabox/ and have reduced my contribution amount. Yes, I really like the idea of it this small device and what it does but at the

Re: [tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread I
and if they were really into TOR why aren't they discussing it on this list? ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Anonbox Project

2014-10-15 Thread The Doctor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 10/15/2014 07:57 AM, Tom Ritter wrote: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/2j9caq/anonabox_tor_router_box_is_false_representation This is what lead me to pull my financial support for this:

[tor-relays] About bug #13256: torsocks 1.3 possibly leaks username

2014-10-15 Thread Pablo Castellano
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello! I reported this bug some weeks ago but I haven't received any answer: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13256 I'm bringing it here to discuss it and know your thoughts. Regards, Pablo. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version:

Re: [tor-relays] About bug #13256: torsocks 1.3 possibly leaks username

2014-10-15 Thread mikael ball
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I reported this bug some weeks ago but I haven't received any answer: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13256 I'm bringing it here to discuss it and know your thoughts. it's been advised for some time now not to use the default