[tor-talk] evidence that Tor isn't "amoral"?

Mansour Moufid mansourmoufid at gmail.com
Wed Jul 15 01:44:49 UTC 2015


On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Drew Fustini <pdp7pdp7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings - I am a Tor Browser user and also an operator of a couple
> Tor relays.  I believe the Tor Project has a noble mission.
>
> An online friend recently claimed to me that "amoral content is a huge
> portion of the exit node traffic".  I believe by "amoral" he meant
> sexual exploitation.  The conversation was sparked by my complaint
> that the new show "Mr. Robot" couldn't resist introducing Tor in the
> same breath as child porn.
>
> I don't believe that the majority of Tor traffic is "amoral", but I
> would like to find data to support my belief.  Anyone know of such
> research or statistics?
>
> Thanks!
> Drew
> https://keybase.io/pdp7

Is bad traffic overrepresented or is good traffic underrepresented?

Bad actors are bound to be early adopters of any technology.  As the
network becomes mainstream, its content will reflect the users.  With
time things should improve.


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