Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

> Parenthetically, even setting up a https://littlefreelibrary.org at my > condominium complex has been met with incomprehension and fear... Easier for them to do that than realize the many $thousands they paid for their education which could have been free. Indoctrination withdrawal syndrome is

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

Kenneth Freeman wrote: > > > On 10/03/2017 11:31 PM, Scott Bennett wrote: > > > They have refused to let me speak with those making the decisions about > > what is provided on their public computers, much less to make an organized > > presentation to them. I was told

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

William Denton wrote: > On 4 October 2017, Scott Bennett wrote: > > > Let me give an example. I have for at least ten years asked my local > > public library to provide a) a secure shell client, b) a secure web browser > > for ordinary use where anonymity is not a concern,

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

On 10/03/2017 11:31 PM, Scott Bennett wrote: > They have refused to let me speak with those making the decisions about > what is provided on their public computers, much less to make an organized > presentation to them. I was told that the decisions about software on the > computers are

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

> -Original Message- > From: ali...@torproject.org > Yes, I do a basic training which includes HTTPS, cookies, software > updates, passwords, and the like. It's both to educate the librarians > into better practices and to help them teach classes to their patrons. > That said, my

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

Scott Bennett: > Alison Macrina wrote: > >> Scott Bennet> If he discovers that neither his campus library nor the >> university as a >>> whole is already officially running at least one relay, this may be a better >>> way to teach them. If, rather than going for a relay,

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

On 4 October 2017, Scott Bennett wrote: Let me give an example. I have for at least ten years asked my local public library to provide a) a secure shell client, b) a secure web browser for ordinary use where anonymity is not a concern, c) a secure FTP client, and d) the TBB for use by

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

Alison Macrina wrote: > Scott Bennet> If he discovers that neither his campus library nor the > university as a > > whole is already officially running at least one relay, this may be a better > > way to teach them. If, rather than going for a relay, which is quite likely

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

Scott Bennet> If he discovers that neither his campus library nor the university as a > whole is already officially running at least one relay, this may be a better > way to teach them. If, rather than going for a relay, which is quite likely > to scare them until they understand more and better

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

Alison Macrina wrote: > Hi AJ, > > Thank you for supporting Tor! I think it's a great idea to try to work > with your university library to run a relay. I run the Library Freedom > Project which helps libraries understand and use privacy tools >

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

If for library regarding preserving knowledge, and other sales tactics You might be able to present for supporting an anonymous encrypted storage platform... such as Tahoe-LAFS, MaidSafe, IPFS, Bitcoin full nodes, Zensystem.io, a Wiki, NNTP, there are many more such "store of data /

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

Hi AJ, Thank you for supporting Tor! I think it's a great idea to try to work with your university library to run a relay. I run the Library Freedom Project which helps libraries understand and use privacy tools (libraryfreedomproject.org). I can give you some advice based on my experience.

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

Hi AJ, not sure if anyone's brought this up, but you may want to look at: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/ " Library Freedom Project is a partnership among librarians, technologists, attorneys, and privacy advocates which aims to address the problems of surveillance by making real the

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

On 2 Oct 2017, at 01:18, AJ Jordan wrote: >> find out what the rules around Internet usage >> are, and just set one up. > > The problem is that logistically I can't without help, > unfortunately. I don't have a spare machine to run it on and more > importantly, I don't have

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

On 1 October 2017, AJ Jordan wrote: However I've just started college at the University of Rochester, which obviously presents a great opportunity to set up a relay on a really great network. I'm planning to reach out to the library with the following email and would love some feedback: Scott

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

"Tor Node Admin @ SechsNullDrei.org" wrote: > Hi AJ, > > First, thank you for supporting Tor! > > Second, you're smart to contact the library, as IT would immediately shut > down the idea as they don't want to receive more abuse emails than they > already do (I know we

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

...@lists.torproject.org] On Behalf Of AJ Jordan Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 3:20 PM To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Subject: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library Hey, all! I'm AJ; I've been lurking on this list for many years but have never had cause to post. I've run a Tor relay

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 07:08:35AM +0200, Moritz Bartl wrote: > On 01.10.2017 22:52, teor wrote: > > AWS is an expensive way to run a relay, because they charge per GB. > > Capped providers can cost less, and you can use AccountingMax to > > limit your usage. > > > > Here's a list of providers

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

On 01.10.2017 22:52, teor wrote: > AWS is an expensive way to run a relay, because they charge per GB. > Capped providers can cost less, and you can use AccountingMax to > limit your usage. > > Here's a list of providers that allow tor:  >

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

> On 2 Oct 2017, at 07:20, AJ Jordan wrote: > > Hey, all! > > I'm AJ; I've been lurking on this list for many years but have never > had cause to post. I've run a Tor relay (`strugees`) on AWS for a > number of years now, but haven't been able to dedicate all that much >

[tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

Hey, all! I'm AJ; I've been lurking on this list for many years but have never had cause to post. I've run a Tor relay (`strugees`) on AWS for a number of years now, but haven't been able to dedicate all that much bandwidth to it due to cost concerns. However I've just started college at the