[tor-talk] Javascript vs privacy?

[mick]

On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:38:31 +0000
adrelanos <adrelanos at riseup.net> allegedly wrote:
> 
> Generally a good idea... Once concern.
> 
> What about the claim, if The Tor Project had an auto updater, they
> could get gag ordered to ship a backdoor (to specific users). Is
> there any legal base for that or is that only speculation?

Well, you could argue the same point about tails, or the tor software
itself. Somewhere you have the draw the line about paranoia. Unless you
are prepared to build everything yourself (and even then, as
"reflections on trusting trust" points out, that has limits) you have to
trust someone at some time.

Mick

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