Re: [tor-talk] Not comfortable with the new single-hop system merged into Tor

[laurelai bailey <laurelaistorm@xxxxxxxxx>]

Then i completely misread the previous threads. That happens sometimes o_o


On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Alec Muffett <alec.muffett@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On 22 December 2016 at 11:21, laurelai bailey <laurelaistorm@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > Which is exactly why you should have this feature as it is. You say its
> > insulting to users, we say the actual reality of the situation is that
> > people use TOR who arent computer experts and sane defaults are a needed
> > thing, to help keep people safe. Dissidents and vulnerable people use
> this
> > service, you cant expect them all to be experts and you cant treat them
> > like they are, because they arent.
> >
>
> Hi Laureai,
>
> This is a server-side feature, not a tor-browser feature, so will not be
> seen nor touched by >99% of Tor users.
>
> The default is "off".
>
> The enablement means hand-editing a flat text file, and adding two,
> separate, magical commands to it.
>
> Both of which are named to suggest "this feature is about making the
> webserver that you are about to set up, somewhat less anonymous".
>
> And which doubtless will be documented as such.
>
> Given this, I believe that the bigger issue, server side, is highlighted by
> Sarah Jamie Lewis' tweetstorm, earlier today, which I highly recommend,
> albeit a long read across multiple tweets:
>
>     https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis/status/811769153220509700
>
> ...that a substantial, perhaps overwhelming, source of security risk is
> from people using software in "default" configurations.
>
> Rather than "extremely non-default configurations" as above.
>
> I am trying to help fix this latter issue.  Would you like to help, assist,
> or provide aid, and thereby benefit the people who use Tor?
>
> For instance, set up an onion site using the above basic configuration, and
> test it?
>
>     - alec
>
> *
> https://github.com/alecmuffett/the-onion-diaries/
> blob/master/basic-production-onion-server.md
>
>
>
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