Re: [tor-talk] http://torbrowser.sourceforge.net/

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On Thu, Aug 16, 2012, at 01:50, Matthew Finkel wrote:
> I mostly ignored this thread because I didn't think it was a big deal.
> I figured the name of your new web browser would most likely confuse
> people, but that could easily be changed once enough people convinced
> you of that. But then I actually decided to visit the website, and I
> was shocked. That must have taken you some time to get it so similar
> to torproject.org. Just flipping back and forth between two tabs, I
> was amazed at how close they are. But this amazement comes at a
> potentially very steep price. Many others have already said it but are
> you trying to confuse people? And you said, in not so many words, that
> you know that your browser leaks DNS queries. How many people have
> downloaded your browser thinking it is affiliated with Tor and that it
> will provide them with anonymity? How many people are now at risk? [1]
> 
> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/torbrowser/files/stats/timeline

It's plainly a scam. The name. The URL. The look and graphics. And if
any doubt the tiny bank-like statement that is barely visible. If you
follow the thread the guy pushing this advertisment even had the nerve
to write how the Tor team should patch WebKit. If left alone, in a few
months they will demand money from Tor for an âalternateâ browser or
scam some of the well intended people of donations. I'm for the GPL and
for the development of anonymity tools for the Internet. But this is not
Randolph's Flying Donkey. It's labeled to troll and maybe get some bucks
in the troubled waters. The ethics of such project is zero because for
what was already written in here: people could be inprisoned or killed
for using a low grade product. Or people in Syria should get a Major in
English and a Minor in Law just to make a difference? Myself I am going
to write about that to the sourceforge team to suspend this name. And I
think this is the reasonable way to go.

Cheers
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