To use a geographic i.d. or another identifying nickname can give the opposition a hint about your location. This could put users at risk--especially if there are few relays in a country suck as Venezuela. It might also prompt governments to purge suspected relays. Just worried!
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ------- Original Message ------- On Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 at 4:02 AM, meskio <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting potlatch via tor-relays (2022-02-22 04:26:27) > > > 1.) The tor package I get from the repository is 0.4.2.7 (obsolete). I > > thought > > > > it was because the pi machine had raspian for the os. So, I downloaded and > > > > installed 32-bit ubuntu server 20.04.3 instead > > > > (https://ubuntu.com/downloads/raspberry-pi). It made no difference. I > > changed > > > > to a new SSD to make sure all was virgin. How do I upgrade to current > > version > > > > of Tor for this bridge? > > AFAIK raspbian bullseye has 0.4.5.10, are you sure you are using the latest > > version of raspbian? > > > 2.) Some of my bridges have (and some do not have) /var/lib/tor/stats > > folders. I am interested in the 'why' of this and also how I can install > > that capability on all bridge relays. The stat printout is in units of '8' > > and I'm sure the Russians, Egyptions, etc. do not use bridges in unit neat > > units. What am I reading in bridge-stats? > > The stats folder is being generated automatically, if you don't have it I > assume > > your bridge is not being used. It might be because bridgedb does reserve some > > bridges and don't distribute them. > > The stats are multiple of 8 for privacy purposes, tor collects the information > > of how many users use each relay but rounds them to 8 to don't leak exact > > information. Those stats can be viewed searching for a relay in: > > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search > > > 3.) Does Tor project state somewhere in it's docs that it's a terrible idea > > to give a bridge a nickname such as 'TorCuba'? It should!! > > Why do you think is a terrible idea? > > > ---------------------------------------- > > meskio | https://meskio.net/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Nos vamos a Croatan. _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
