[tor-talk] Tor as ecommerce platform

adrelanos adrelanos at riseup.net
Thu Aug 9 16:23:19 UTC 2012


Ted Smith:
>> So far you didn't say anything useful or non-obvious, so why did you
>> post? You didn't like someone's written experience, so he is
>> automatically a troll or a false flag — fine, bring your own
>> references.
> 
> I don't have to "bring my own references" to point out that the only
> *actually existing* "statistical" evaluation of illegal content on Tor,
> that provides the cornerstone of your argument that "The Tor Project is
> misleading the public about the use cases of Tor," is totally baseless.
> You have no explanation for how that person reached that conclusion.
> 
> I am posting because I think your attitude that Tor is entirely used for
> CP and other illegal content is baseless. It's based on a flawed
> methodology (and in most cases, no methodology). I would like you to
> strengthen your evidence, and if you manage to produce something
> convincing, I'd agree with it.

I would also speculate that Tor has a lot (from western view, not
Chinese government view) legitimate users. Many popular websites are
blocked in China and other countries, people use Tor for circumvention.
That will have a good impact on statistics.


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