Katya Titov: > Hi Jake, > >>> Understanding is the key to security, not convenience. That being >>> said, TorBirdy is both convenient and great. I'm not sure that's >>> it's ready for primetime yet, but I do try to test and feed back >>> (using another nym ...) and definitely see the value. >>> >> >> Happy to help. :) >> >> Is there anything in specific that you feel that we should address? > > It's a bit difficult to describe succinctly, but I'll try to relay my > thoughts ... > > It's about the indications that you are actually using Tor. > > I've been using Tor since before TBB, probably since before Vidalia, > and one of the great features of TBB is that on start-up it tells you > that you're successfully using Tor. And the occasional failure due to > not recognising the exit node you've come from is handy for making you > stop, think, check the IP address, and make sure you still have an > understanding of how Tor works. > > And then there's the fact that pages load a little slower over Tor, not > intolerably slow but still noticeably slow. > > So you know that you're using Tor. > > TorBirdy doesn't give this indication ... it looks like regular > Thunderbird, and email loads in the background and is just there when > you need it. Sending is a little slower and so you could infer that Tor > is in use, but you really want to know that when you start up, and > before the automatic fetch begins. > > I'm not sure how I would fix these issues. Trying to have TorBirdy do > something to test Tor is in use for IMAP/POP/SMTP connections would be > quite difficult, if possible at all. But if you could do it and notify > the user before the fetch began then that would simulate some of what > TBB does. Other indicators such as a change to the skin would be a > useful indicator that you're using the right software, but still doesn't > actually test the network.
Good idea. Just created: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6451 > [...] _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
