[tor-talk] Speculation: Next 10 years of Tor?

[adrelanos]

anonymous coward:
> adrelanos:
> 
>>  Without Tor servers
>> in the US and a few other countries with a noticeable amount of Tor
>> servers, there is usable Tor network anymore.
> 
> Is there no way to run "hidden Tor servers"?

No. In a world where public anonymizing servers are prohibited, it
requires a new network design such as darknet, meshnet and/or friend to
friend.

> The schizophrenic thing
> about western governments is they would like to ban anonymizers like
> Tor, but they use it themselves. Embassies use anonymizers, politicians
> use it. I think it is too important to ban it totally. I hope it is...

Different parts of government want different things. People in charge
are not necessarily the ones who use it or have a deep understanding on
what they decide.