Re: [roy@rant-central.com: Re: [arma@mit.edu: Re: Wikipedia & Tor]]

[David Benfell <benfell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:38:01 -0400, Nick Mathewson wrote:
> 
> This could be achieved, as some people fear, through modifying the
> core of Tor.  But that isn't the only way to change matters.  As
> discussed, introducing a separate pseudonymous authentication service
> (perhaps even an anonymous credential service, if we can find a way to
> do this without patent infringement) would serve just as well, and
> require no modifications to the Tor code.  Users who didn't want to
> use such a service would be no worse off than they are today.  Users
> who wanted to use Tor and edit Wikipedia at the same time could decide
> whether the implications of such a service were acceptable to them.
> 
Excellent.  You're absolutely right that there would be implications
to such a service.  That's why it must be kept separate from Tor.  And
I have no reason to object to what you suggest here.

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