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> I think this is a reach - after all, if you wanted to discredit a tool for people in oppressive regimes, people who care about their privacy, and people doing
by DoctorOW 5y ago
> I think this is a reach - after all, if you wanted to discredit a tool for people in oppressive regimes, people who care about their privacy, and people doing illegal things, why start with the programming help site? (I know SE has other sites, but the biggest ones are for tech help)
My guess is they'd target websites that are important to TOR users, and tor.stackexchange.com is one of them. I also don't think they started with SE. TOR IPs are continually filtered by Google, Cloudflare, and other automated firewalls.
- stormcode 5y agoFor good reason, though. Bad actors using tor not for privacy but to evade IP bans on websites/games/etc or to shit post or disrupt legitimate communities-- this is the issue IMO. It's easier to simply block all to IP addresses, especially if you just need it to stop and don't have the resources of a larger company. And for larger companies that block in an automated fashion as has been mentioned elsewhere, there is so much stuff coming in via those IP addresses that is shady that they all tend to get blocked or at least added to watchlists by companies like cloudflare.