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For people trying to build, just a few things to know: I had to install ccache before libssl would compile. Make sure you build libssl before libevent. In the

For people trying to build, just a few things to know: I had to install ccache before libssl would compile. Make sure you build libssl before libevent. In the icons folder is a install script to download the icons. Otherwise compiles well. The anonymity of the .onion sites scares me. I have a very strong suspicion that one day SSL (i.e. symmetric encryption with no backdoor) will be illegal in many countries.

mtigas 14y ago
Hm, tried to fix the ccache requirement[1][2], but might have botched it. Was using ccache while I was originally developing to speed up the dependency compilation but didn’t intend for it to be a requirement, just an optional speed-up. Will take a look. [1]: https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/blob/master/build-libssl.sh#L75 https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/blob/master/build... [2]: https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/commit/68a92f488b24f7bab8d28014d90bcf421e65558c https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/commit/68a92f488b...
Aloisius 14y ago
The anonymity of the .onion sites scares me. The content of a lot of .onion sites scares me. Definitely a higher concentration of crazy than I'm used to on the internet.
- PaperclipTaken 14y ago
  This is one of the big problems that most people have with anonymity, but I believe that the freedom of speech is important. If the government has the capability to shut down the scary stuff like child porn, it also has the ability to shut down important stuff like criticism. These corners of the internet aren't pretty but they play an important role within our society.
  - woodall 14y ago
    I might have read your comment wrong but are you a) comparing child pornography to political criticism b) saying that it "play[s] an important role within our society". Can you elaborate?
    - PaperclipTaken 14y ago
      Sorry that's not how I meant to state it. It's not the child pornography that is important to society. It's the freedom of speech, and the security that speech has against regulation from the government. Tor is a place where a person can securely make any sort of criticism that they want, and that security is important. An unfortunate (but unavoidable) side effect of that security is that child pornographers also receive the same security.

mtigas 14y ago

Hm, tried to fix the ccache requirement[1][2], but might have botched it. Was using ccache while I was originally developing to speed up the dependency compilation but didn’t intend for it to be a requirement, just an optional speed-up. Will take a look. [1]: https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/blob/master/build-libssl.sh#L75 https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/blob/master/build... [2]: https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/commit/68a92f488b24f7bab8d28014d90bcf421e65558c https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/commit/68a92f488b...

Aloisius 14y ago

The anonymity of the .onion sites scares me. The content of a lot of .onion sites scares me. Definitely a higher concentration of crazy than I'm used to on the internet.

PaperclipTaken 14y ago
This is one of the big problems that most people have with anonymity, but I believe that the freedom of speech is important. If the government has the capability to shut down the scary stuff like child porn, it also has the ability to shut down important stuff like criticism. These corners of the internet aren't pretty but they play an important role within our society.
- woodall 14y ago
  I might have read your comment wrong but are you a) comparing child pornography to political criticism b) saying that it "play[s] an important role within our society". Can you elaborate?
  - PaperclipTaken 14y ago
    Sorry that's not how I meant to state it. It's not the child pornography that is important to society. It's the freedom of speech, and the security that speech has against regulation from the government. Tor is a place where a person can securely make any sort of criticism that they want, and that security is important. An unfortunate (but unavoidable) side effect of that security is that child pornographers also receive the same security.