[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 ilf):

 We are aware of the issue. I think the advantages outweigh the occasional
 inconvenience:

 1. We get more users to use onions, because they will use them even when
 they would not know about them.
 2. We get more users to use TBB, because they will use TBB to handle onion
 links. See the real-world example I encountered above.
 3. We circumvent the delegation of trust that is X.509 as much as possible
 in favor of the more direct system of trust that are onions.

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