[tor-talk] Neal Krawetz's abcission proposal, and Tor's reputation

[Jon Tullett]

On 30 August 2017 at 12:13, I <beatthebastards at inbox.com> wrote:
>> Separately, I'm personally curious about Tor's reputation. Sure, some
>> people paint it as a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but how
>> widespread is that view, and is it a concern to anyone involved with
>> the project? Has it been studied/researched at all?
>>
>> -J
>
> It would be a good idea to stop using loaded cartoon terms for it such as Dark Web.

But but that's where the scum and villainy hang out :) More seriously,
agreed - names matter. On a similar note, "hidden services" was a
terrible name from the outset - kinda invited negative connotations.
Yay for onion sites, I guess.

-J