Tor grassroots advocacy

basile basile at opensource.dyc.edu
Sat Apr 11 12:27:53 UTC 2009


Roc Admin wrote:
> Hello - A little late to the party but I'm also interested in the
> presentation.  There is a small advocacy group in Rochester that that has
> responsible Tor advocacy as one of it's goals.
>
> -- Roc Tor Admin
>
>   
Is there contact information? I too am a little late to the party and I 
haven't followed the thread closely.

Rochester has also been the center of unfair bandwidth caping by Time 
Warner Cable. U.S. Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) is considering legislation 
that would prohibit TWC from continuing this abuse. Massa is quoted as 
saying

“At the very moment when access to digital information is at the heart 
of economic recovery, they’re going to go for corporate greed.” [1]

There are more links to informative sites at [1].

I see in Massa's statement a place for Tor advocacy. Economic recovery 
would only be hindered if access to digital information is bought at the 
price of privacy. Without privacy, the internet becomes a playground for 
exploitive and greedy corporations, of which we've seen too many 
examples. Such a chilling effect would discourage the public from 
entering into this new economic arena and decrease economic growth.

I suggest drafting a letter to Massa asking that tor nodes be also 
protected under his draft legislation and cite recent abuses lodged at 
McCabe by TWC as yet another example of corporate greed run amok.


[1] 
http://rochesterturning.com/2009/04/08/massa-opposes-time-warner-cable-fee-increase/

-- 

Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
Chair of Information Technology
D'Youville College
Buffalo, NY 14201
USA

(716) 829-8197




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