This has precedence for the LA Metro in 2017.
https://observer.com/2017/10/la-metro-promotes-transit-etiqu...
Readit NewsStopped reading after being informed that my thinking the word "Eskimo", which the author zerself used, is offensive.
romanpoet commented on Strength in Numbers: An Entire Ecosystem Relies on Tor blog.torproject.org/stren... · Posted by u/DyslexicAtheist
It appears nobody who responded to you actually read the content behind your link. All the responses to you and the OP are merely low effort proclamations of exasperation unrelated to your argument.
As I understand your argument you were saying that Tor's rebranding-- emphasizing human rights advocacy-- could ironically make it more difficult to operate nodes in countries that have a poor track record on human rights. You gave some examples of Asian countries which took firm stances against corruption, for example, but which also took stances against western ideals of human rights. The implication being countries which might allow Tor to enhance whistleblowing capabilities might reject Tor if it is closely associated with human rights activities.
That said, your article is 2+ years old so there should be substantial data on your claim by now. What does it show? Has Tor usage diminished measurably in those countries due to their rebranding, or not?
There's still a few nodes remaining in Asia.
As a point of comparison, look at the nodes for Ethereum, which, IMHO, is a even more disruptive idea than Tor.
https://team.carto.com/builder/e70677d5-1111-40a8-9e19-f27da...
Ethereum is a much younger project than Tor, and explicitly eschews the human-rights / internet-freedom branding, even though it will obviously be incredibly useful for those purposes.
romanpoet commented on Strength in Numbers: An Entire Ecosystem Relies on Tor blog.torproject.org/stren... · Posted by u/DyslexicAtheist
I left Tor Project after seven years for the same reason (the pivot from "internet privacy" to "human rights watch for nerds" where internet privacy is a means to an end). At Tor Project, the adults are no longer guiding the ship.
https://medium.com/@virgilgr/tors-branding-pivot-is-going-to...
Dead Comment
romanpoet commented on Ask HN: What are the smartest people you know working on? · Posted by u/pkpp1233
Ethereum
As an Asian male this article also frustrates me. Google has always been a company I've wanted to work for but if this article is true and Google discriminates against Whites and Asians in their hiring process then they're not the dream company I previously believed they were.
I'm here to report to you that unfortunately they are not that company. I hear they used to be everything the nerds dreamed, but as the company grew, the original culture was unable to defend itself.
Knowing nothing about the manifesto, the article's frequent use of weasel words makes me want to support to author of the manifesto.
This has been done in Singapore for years.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10108869359209909&se...
The recommended app is "Shelter". https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/