Re: questions of morality

[Paul Forgey <paulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tools which are used for good can also be used for bad, and you just 
hope the good uses out weigh the bad ones.

But even if tor were to be mostly for evil deeds (and we really have no 
way to determine if it is), I still applaud any mechanism that gives 
the common user a level of privacy that can hopefully compete with 
authorities.

We've already seen how satellite communications plus the internet have 
weakened the ability of authoritative regimes to control what 
information their subjects are able to access, however they do so with 
risk.  Allowing oppressed people to speak and request information 
freely would have even a greater impact.

Ultimately, I guess it's about balance of power.  Anything to help keep 
the authorities in check.

On Feb 2, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Aaron Cannon wrote:

> Hello all.  I'm a new member of the list and a newbie to TOR.  I have 
> been looking for a worthy cause to donate my bandwidth to.  I think I 
> might have found it in TOR, but I am a little bit hesitant because I 
> am not eager to facilitate someone's wrong doing.  On the other hand, 
> I would like to help those who would like anonymity online.
>
> So, I suppose, in the end, it comes down to the simple question: do 
> the positive uses of TOR out-weigh the negative ones?
>
> I'm not looking to start a flame war.  I'm just curious how many of 
> you have thought about this aspect of TOR in depth (I would guess 
> probably most of you have) and what your thoughts were.
>
>
> Thanks and sorry if this topic has been covered before.
>
> Sincerely
> Aaron Cannon
>
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