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Re: [tor-bugs] #11406 [Tor Launcher]: UI for ExitNode country selection in tor-launcher

#11406: UI for ExitNode country selection in tor-launcher
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     Reporter:  mttp     |      Owner:  brade
         Type:           |     Status:  new
  enhancement            |  Milestone:
     Priority:  minor    |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tbb-usability, tbb-helpdesk-
  Launcher               |  frequent
   Resolution:           |  Parent ID:
Actual Points:           |
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:11 lunar]:
 > I don't think this is a good idea. Can we really encourage users to
 tweak the path selection algorithm? Maybe that's just elitism, but I'd
 rather leave such options hard to discover as we have good intuition that
 it skews anonymityâ

 Actually, my main reason for not being a fan of making this easy is
 because of all the users who want to use Tor to get around geoip
 restrictions, and historically that has been associated with higher
 bandwidth load (hulu, bbc video, etc). "If you want a vpn to pretend
 you're in England, go use one."

 I think the 'skewing anonymity' part applies more to the people who
 _exclude_ certain countries because of various superstitions (or because
 of real genuine fears about those countries, but misunderstandings about
 Internet routing).

 That said, there are a growing number of services like banks, paypal, etc
 that really mess up your life if you show up from an unexpected country.
 But on the third hand, it's not clear to me that a little checkbox off to
 the side in tor launcher is going to by itself help enough of the users
 who are having these problems.

 Matt, what use cases did you have in mind here?

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