Hello,

The consent form indeed asks for "Full Name" on the last page.  This is part of the University's template, but collecting the real full name of participants is not a strong requirement in our case.  This field could be anything that the person can then provide or prove ownership of to exercise their rights listed in point 10.  For example, this could be the email address you used to contact me, provided that you use the same address if you want to exercise your rights.

To answer your questions:
  1. The real names won't be disclosed. 
  2. As we won't disclose the names, it will not be associated with the interview.
We don't plan to include the full transcript of the interviews either, as those are likely to contain elements that could identify participants.  Instead, when relevant, we'll quote the parts of the interview that are relevant and not identifying.  When quoting, we'll assign a number to each participant to help the reader link quotes that are from the same participant. E.g. "I use Debian for all my relays and generally check on them about once a month for updates" - Participant 5. 

We plan to publish in a conference with an open-access policy, so the resulting contribution will be accessible for free. On top of that, our University has a "green open-access policy": we are required to put our research results on the institutional website, which is also accessible for free (https://researchportal.unamur.be/en/).

I hope this answers your questions.

Regards,

Jules Dejaeghere

On 21-01-2026 14:55, Eldalië wrote:
Hello!
I have a couple of questions.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 04:05:23PM +0100, Jules Dejaeghere via tor-relays wrote:
As part of this research, we would like to interview relay operators to understand how they install and keep Tor up to date and what they think of the Tor Project policy. If you run, or used to run, Tor relay(s) and are willing to dedicate ~30 minutes of your time, let us know!

I understand that interviewees will have their real name recorded and associated to their answers, through the consent form. I wonder:

1. Will any real name be disclosed publicly (e.g. in the publication, or during presentations)?
2. If so, will it be publicly associated with the interview?

Also, will the resulting scientific contribution be available for free, at least for the interviewees?

Thanks,