Hi all, TorTV Project has been implemented by Jaromil:
TorTV : http://dyne.org/software/tortv/ Jaromil : http://rastasoft.org - @jaromil Cool, testing have to be done! -naif On 11/23/11 8:57 AM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: > Hi all, > > i got a WDTV Live > (http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?groupid=1003&lang=en) that's > part of bigger family of consumer mediaplayer from Western Digital > (http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?level1=10&lang=en). > > It seems it can run Tor without any major issue. > There is a very nice hacked firmware community around WDTV users, that's > a very cheap hardware (retail price 70-80EUR). > > What's about making a "promotional" campaign like for the Tor Cloud to > have people running Tor Relay "right on their TV" ? > > I mean, the "hacked firmware" installation process of WDTV works that way: > - Plug an USB Key formatted FAT32 with 3 files (boot, kernel, image) on WDTV > - Poweron > > So it may be possible to make a campaign where users are invited to "run > their tor relay" on their TV in 3 simple steps: > - Get a USB Key > - Load that files on it > - Plug to your WDTV > - Poweron your WDTV > You are now helping poor sirian, iranian and chinese censored people. > > That way even the average fat guy sitting on his couch drinking beer and > eating wing chicken can support freedom of speech. > > That kind of user can just "poweron" the WDTV and with his "remote > control" after seeing his favorite telefilm on paytv, can just "zap" to > see how his Tor Router is working: On TV! > > This could be defined as the "very lazy Tor user" who doesn't even want > to use a computer, but just do TV zapping :P > > So, the idea could be to do a custom hacked firmware of WDTV and a WDTV > Apps that you can "click" via remote control, seeing the statistics of > your Tor Relay. > > # uname -a > Linux WDTVLIVE 2.6.22.19-19-4 #28 PREEMPT Mon Mar 22 20:08:14 CST 2010 > mips GNU/Linux > > # tor --version > Jan 01 15:41:37.533 [notice] Tor v0.2.2.32 (git-877e17749725ab88). This > is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. > (Running on Linux mips) > Tor version 0.2.2.32 (git-877e17749725ab88). > > # free > total used free shared buffers > Mem: 199056 193664 5392 0 10832 > Swap: 0 0 0 > Total: 199056 193664 5392 > > # cat /proc/cpuinfo > system type : Sigma Designs TangoX > processor : 0 > cpu model : MIPS 24K V7.12 FPU V0.0 > Initial BogoMIPS : 332.59 > wait instruction : yes > microsecond timers : yes > tlb_entries : 32 > extra interrupt vector : yes > hardware watchpoint : yes > ASEs implemented : mips16 > shadow register sets : 1 > VCED exceptions : not available > VCEI exceptions : not available > > System bus frequency : 333000000 Hz > CPU frequency : 499500000 Hz > DSP frequency : 333000000 Hz > > > -naif _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
