[tor-bugs] #26086 [- Select a component]: Please make P.T. the baseline to hinder petty despots and save lives

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#26086: Please make P.T. the baseline to hinder petty despots and save lives
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks           |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  defect                |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  Very High             |  Milestone:
    Component:  - Select a component  |    Version:
     Severity:  Critical              |   Keywords:
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 Even obfs4 is broken to the NSA; therefore, how does using it as the
 minimum baseline expose the Tor Project to legal issues such as
 accusations of violating CALEA or hindering BULLRUN? If making a default
 password for public obfs4 bridges isn't feasible, please at least use
 obfs2 or something, rather than nothing. Doing so will save lives in
 brutal dictatorships that call for the execution of whistleblowers and
 order assassinations based on metadata. Some petty tyrannies such as in
 Egypt rely on C.O.T.S. (e.g. Finfisher/Eagle/etc.), which are less
 advanced than NSA spyware.

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