[tor-talk] How does Tor help abuse victims?

[Lluís]

I have been a victim of discrimination, for political issues,
for some time.

The anonymity Tor offers may improve the victim's life
in many things, from finding a job to communicate to
others, completely free from their abusers. They
may even set up blogs or web pages to expose the
ones who harass them.

Lluis Sala
Spain

On 10/01/2014 07:49 PM, Derric Atzrott wrote:
>> I appear to lack imagination on how Tor helps abuse victims. Since some
>> of you are involved with some organizations working in that field, I
>> hope you give some insight.
>>
>> Personally I see no benefit in using Tor from the point of view of an
>> abuse victim. Beside the properties why anyone could use Tor.
>>
>> Quite the opposite, the abuser seems to gain more by using Tor, if
>> he/she (mostly he) is anonymous in the first place.
> 
> I know of at least one use case that I have personally seen.
> 
> A lot of abuse victims have never told anyone or have told very few
> folks that they are victims of abuse.  It's one of those things that
> people just don't feel comfortable talking about, and for a good
> reason, as abuse victims are often stigmatised by our society and
> there is a great deal of victim blaming that happens.  There exists
> online a number of websites where victims of abuse can privately
> get together to discuss their past or current abuse and find ways
> to either get out of the situation or move on with life.
> 
> These sorts of things are a godsend for such people.
> 
> Another use-case would be the anonymous reporting of abusers.  In
> this case someone who is not the abuse victim, but knows of the
> abuse can report it without fearing reprisal from the abuser.  This
> is the same sort of logic that led to anonymous tip lines for police
> stations.
> 
> Thank you,
> Derric Atzrott
>