[tor-talk] So what about Pirate Browser?

[adrelanos]

adrelanos:
> Jerzy Łogiewa:
>> Hello!
>>
>> It looks that The Pirate Bay will enter secure browser market,
>> http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-releases-pirate-browser-to-thwart-censorship-130810/ & http://piratebrowser.com/
>>
>> I do not understand why they do the same as TBB. Anyone know?
> 
> With the limited information at hand: they don't.
> 
> TBB provides anonymity and circumvention.
> 
> PirateBrowser focuses on circumvention, dropping anonymity for other
> preferences. As long they clearly advertise it as such, I have no
> problem with that.

After thinking more about this, I take that back.

The least thing Tor needs is being advertised as "Tor helps you visit
censored pages so you can continue download pirated software". That is
really bad press and only gives arguments for getting running Tor
servers made illegal in more and more countries.