[tor-commits] [research-web/master] add another faq based on discussion with users

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commit 7b433108edafc2a307ede24e49954e435bde9da1
Author: Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Sat Apr 23 00:27:45 2016 -0400

    add another faq based on discussion with users
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 htdocs/safetyboard.html | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/htdocs/safetyboard.html b/htdocs/safetyboard.html
index deb5752..1024eab 100644
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@@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ the process (ideally before the research is performed and before the
 paper is written), which we recognize requires more trust. We hope we
 add enough value to your research that you find this tradeoff worthwhile.
 
+<p><b>How will you know the right balance between benefits and risks?</b>
+This is a tough one. We want Tor to get stronger long-term, but we don't
+want to put people into danger to do it. One answer is that most of this
+board is made up of professors and other PETS researchers, who can provide
+a more neutral perspective on the right balance. The other answer
+is that this process is a feedback loop and we can adapt as we go:
+once successful assessments have gone up on this page, and people are
+including assessments in their papers, everybody else can look at them
+and decide if they struck the right balance.
+
 <p><b>So you want conferences to adopt your guidelines?</b>
 Not quite. We would be sad if program chairs told their reviewers "Make
 sure the paper follows Tor's guidelines for safe research." We would

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