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Yeah, pretty cool, if you're into cypherpunky solutions to an extent where you don't mind the accompanying dystopia. I get why some users need Tor, many of the
by n3k5 7y ago
Yeah, pretty cool, if you're into cypherpunky solutions to an extent where you don't mind the accompanying dystopia.
I get why some users need Tor, many of them for agreeable reasons, and that they would benefit from more people using Tor (and having more nodes available). But I think making it the default way of using the internet for everyone would be stupid. If the average connection goes through n hops, the entire infrastructure would have to be multiplied by that factor. Just the environmental impact (in terms of increased energy consumption and hardware production) would be significant. And when Tor is the only effective option you have for escaping unwanted tracking, you're disadvantaged as soon as you want to use a service that doesn't work well with he increased latency.
There has to be a better way. Not that I could say what exactly that would be, but what would be really cool to see is a world in which everyone has worry-free internet access. Multiplying the cost doesn't seem like the best approach.