[tor-bugs] #11406 [Tor Launcher]: UI for ExitNode country selection in tor-launcher
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Sat May 24 08:02:34 UTC 2014
#11406: UI for ExitNode country selection in tor-launcher
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Reporter: mttp | Owner: brade
Type: | Status: new
enhancement | Milestone:
Priority: minor | Version:
Component: Tor | Keywords: tbb-usability, tbb-helpdesk-
Launcher | frequent
Resolution: | Parent ID:
Actual Points: |
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Comment (by arma):
Replying to [comment:11 lunar]:
> I don't think this is a good idea. Can we really encourage users to
tweak the path selection algorithm? Maybe that's just elitism, but I'd
rather leave such options hard to discover as we have good intuition that
it skews anonymity…
Actually, my main reason for not being a fan of making this easy is
because of all the users who want to use Tor to get around geoip
restrictions, and historically that has been associated with higher
bandwidth load (hulu, bbc video, etc). "If you want a vpn to pretend
you're in England, go use one."
I think the 'skewing anonymity' part applies more to the people who
_exclude_ certain countries because of various superstitions (or because
of real genuine fears about those countries, but misunderstandings about
Internet routing).
That said, there are a growing number of services like banks, paypal, etc
that really mess up your life if you show up from an unexpected country.
But on the third hand, it's not clear to me that a little checkbox off to
the side in tor launcher is going to by itself help enough of the users
who are having these problems.
Matt, what use cases did you have in mind here?
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