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A not-insignificant fly in the ointment is that Tor gets used a lot right now by spammers. So much in fact that we had to ban Tor nodes from connecting to any
by abstractbill 17y ago
A not-insignificant fly in the ointment is that Tor gets used a lot right now by spammers. So much in fact that we had to ban Tor nodes from connecting to any justin.tv server. I wouldn't be surprised if many other websites have the same system in place - it's technically easy to arrange - see http://www.ahbl.org/ http://www.ahbl.org/
- jrockway 17y agoTor does not mean that you are barred from authenticating end-users. It means that the network they are on can't tell who they are. Freenode runs a hidden Tor service that requires you to register a PGP key with them. Otherwise, Tor connections are blocked (because of spam).
- Groxx 17y agoYeah, I've been pondering over similar problems with anything totally anonymous. I think a combination of asymmetric keys for verification and intelligent throttling might do enough to prevent most of the damagers. If nothing else, picture an internet where your upload location is totally anonymous (TOR), but you can sign everything you do with a key (already in place, but nothing does it easily, much less free and ubiquitous). Journalists / investigators can be anywhere, but verify that they're them, without fear of being discovered by their uploading data. Undercover journalist heaven.