On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 03:57 +0300, Maxim Kammerer wrote: > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 01:45, Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > There has been some research on what Tor *traffic* is, but the methodology > > soundness is always a question. The question here though is what the > > breakdown of Tor *users* is. Nobody's done a scientifically valid study, > > mostly because of the difficulty of getting a good sample when you're > > talking about anonymous people. > > Table 2 (with Germany at the top) in [1] does seem to suggest that > âPrivacy enthusiastsâ represent a significant proportion of Tor users. > Perhaps a 2nd place is deserved (higher than the âLooniesâ) in the > estimated breakdown above. I would also place human rights activists > somewhere at the bottom of the list. The âMilitariesâ section on the > âTor usersâ page is most likely completely phony, though. > > [1] http://www.springerlink.com/content/b7v2p84331286k0g/ > Yes, with Turkey, Russia, Italy, and China just below Germany in that same table. I suppose people trying to use the Internet anonymously in those countries are just "privacy enthusiasts"? It'd be interesting to cross-reference that table with recent Freedom on the Net reports (<http://www.freedomhouse.org/report-types/freedom-net>), but I'm not going to spend that much time on a tor-talk post. (Also, have you missed the mail *on this list* from .mil domains?) -- Sent from Ubuntu
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