If you don't like losing half your IQ points, then I guess this is a narrow minded take.
Extreme exaggerations make for poor arguments.
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jfindper commented on The Tor Project is switching to Rust itsfoss.com/news/tor-rust... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
Yes, this is a complete exaggeration of a headline and should be flagged for that alone.
This has been a long running project, and the Tor team clearly took their time to make it, as opposed to being a spur-of-the-moment change.
You're reading way to much into the title. "[...] is switching to [...]" does not have any implication of being a "spur-of-the-moment" thing
jfindper commented on The Tor Project is switching to Rust itsfoss.com/news/tor-rust... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
This isn’t a recent decision, which the title implies. This rewrite started in 2020, and they released Arti 1.0 in 2022. Check out the release post (https://blog.torproject.org/arti_100_released/) where they explain their rationale for the rewrite. They were unhappy with the state of the C codebase and couldn’t see a way to slowly refactor it. Their experience with Rust was positive for all the commonly cited reasons - if it compiles it works, good ecosystem leading to development velocity, better portability across operating systems, and attracting more contributors. They did say they weren’t happy at the time with binary sizes.
The change log in the arti repo (https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/blob/main/CHAN...) shows a lot of recent development too- versions 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8 were released in the last 3 months and they talk about setting the foundations for larger features to come. All in all it seems like the decision worked out for the team.
>better portability across operating systems
Does Rust have better portability than C?
jfindper commented on The Tor Project is switching to Rust itsfoss.com/news/tor-rust... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
Hey, if you want a fast anonymity netowrk, there are commercial providers. Companies doing research on thier competition use these to hide thier true idents from targets. They are not cheap (not free but cheaper than AWS imho) but have much greater functionality than tor.
https://voodootomato.medium.com/managed-attribution-the-key-...
https://www.authentic8.com/blog/non-attribution-misattributi...
>Hey, if you want a fast anonymity netowrk, there are commercial providers.
For most people seeking anonymity via Tor network (whistleblowers, journalists, activists, etc.), paying a company who can then subsequently be compelled to hand over your information is a bad choice.
And in most other scenarios, Authentic8 is probably still a bad choice. If you require a FedRAMP-authorized service, then sure, look at Authentic8.
jfindper commented on The Tor Project is switching to Rust itsfoss.com/news/tor-rust... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
> My biggest gripe with the Tor project is that it is so slow.
It’s not supposed to be a primary browsing outlet nor a replacement for a VPN. It’s for specific use cases that need high protection. The tradeoff between speed and privacy for someone whistleblowing to a journalist, as an example, is completely reasonable.
Having too much bandwidth available to each participant would incentivize too much abuse. In my past experience, a Tor associated IP was already highly correlated with abuse (users trying to evade bans, create alternate accounts to break rules, and then of course the actual attacks on security).
>It’s not supposed to be a primary browsing outlet nor a replacement for a VPN.
Tor wants people to use the network for primary browsing because it helps mask the people that need the protection. The more people using the network, the better for everyone's anonymity.
They even have a whole "Outreach" section at https://community.torproject.org/outreach/
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Those tend to be about sex, not pornography, no?
I'm certainly no expert, but if my memory serves me correctly from cases that have hit the media, the carve outs are more broadly applicable than just to sex (e.g. intimate images between partners). But I could certainly be wrong!
(I didn't really want to start looking up the exact details of this topic while at work, so just went from memory. At the very least, the terminology "Romeo & Juliet Law" should give the original commenter enough to base a search on)
Slightly unrelated, but I wonder if a 17-year old child sends her dirty photo to a 18-year old guy she likes, who goes to jail? Just curious how the law works if there is no "abuse" element.
Obviously this depends on the country, but many countries have so-called "Romeo and Juliet" laws which carve out specific exclusions for situations along these lines.
Most users of harder drugs indicate past use of marijuana. Additionally, marijuana gives many their first taste of doing business with drug dealers and 'breaks their cherry.' When they decide they want to try something else they have already gained experience locating dealers and engaging with them. Legalizing cannabis helps here because its users won't engage with dealers to score, they'll go to the store and buy a regulated product.
Most people who are in hospice indicate they drank water in the past. Is water consumption a gateway to dying?