[tor-bugs] #21952 [User Experience]: Increasing the use of onion services through automatic redirects and aliasing

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#21952: Increasing the use of onion services through automatic redirects and
aliasing
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 Reporter:  linda            |          Owner:  linda
     Type:  enhancement      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium           |      Milestone:
Component:  User Experience  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal           |     Resolution:
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:16 micah]:
 > redirect any user that comes from an IP in the above list to the onion
 address

 I've been recommending to websites that they *not* do this.

 First, it breaks your website the people in the case of false positives
 (e.g. where an apartment building has one IP address and one exit relay).

 But more importantly, it should be up to the users what sort of security
 properties they get while connecting to your website, and you're taking
 away their choice. Privacy is about control and choice -- putting up a
 little dynamic section of the page that says "Hey, did you know we have an
 onion address?" is great, but sending them somewhere else based on their
 IP address seems like a slippery slope.

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