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Re: AN idea of non-public exit-nodes



     On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:09:16 +0300 James Brown <jbrownfirst@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Roger Dingledine wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 02:51:57AM +0300, James Brown wrote:
>> 
>> Alas, livejournal's hand here might be forced by their new owners. In
>> that case, the only answer I can think of is for everybody in the affected
>> countries to jump ship.
>> 
>> --Roger
>> 
> It is a very good idea, but if they didn't if after purshasing the LG
>of the SUP - I think it will be very difficult to convince them do it now.
>Many of them (not am I - after my arrest in the year 2007 I use only the
>Tor for either activities in blogs or for banking transations) don't use
>the Tor.
>I tell many of them to use the Tor but they don't do it even after
>arrests of their comrades.
>Russian mentalty...

     Yes, one certainly has to wonder whether it is a wasted effort to help
those who *do not want* to help themselves.  Those who wish to surrender are
probably those we should thank for purging themselves from the gene pool.
OTOH, your efforts to inform them at large will probably help the few who
*do* wish to defend themselves but simply didn't know about the threat.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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