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Using Tor browser and running a Tor node are different things, by using the browser you are not contributing to the network, you're just accessing it. If you're

Using Tor browser and running a Tor node are different things, by using the browser you are not contributing to the network, you're just accessing it. If you're worried about someone using your network connection for cybercrime you shouldn't run a Tor node (although there is significantly less risk with a relay node), but you shouldn't worry about using regular Tor.

flipped 10mo ago
> by using the browser you are not contributing to the networK That's false to some extent. Tor's promise comes from it's vast population of users. The more users it has, the better it is to improve everyone's anonymity. So in a way, even by using it, you are helping Tor network. And please, save the "criminal" bs (meant for the original comment).
- coldtea 10mo ago
  This response stretches "pedantic correction" to new levels.
  - lxgr 10mo ago
    Why? The utility of any network grows with the number of participants, even that of inherently asymmetric networks that strictly distinguish "producers" and "consumers". (More eyeballs make the network more valuable to content providers.) This might not be how courts determine culpability of redistributing any potentially illegal content, of course.
    - coldtea 10mo ago
      >This might not be how courts determine culpability of redistributing any potentially illegal content, of course. Which is precisely the point of this discussion. Might as well argue "By protecting the environment you're supporting the drug trade, because people that a climate catastrophe would wipe out will be able to be drug users".
  - flipped 10mo ago
    It's literally outline by Tor Project team, if you care to even read from official sources.
    - coldtea 10mo ago
      This here response continues to stretch "pedantic correction" to new levels. What's "literally outlined" I'd guess is that the utility of the Tor network increases with adoption which nobody ever doubted. What is discard is the tenuous over-stretched argument in this thread regarding fears of legality, that went like this: GP: Using Tor browser and running a Tor node are different things, by using the browser you are not contributing to the network, you're just accessing it. P: That's false to some extent. Tor's promise comes from it's vast population of users. The more users it has, the better it is to improve everyone's anonymity. So in a way, even by using it, you are helping Tor network. As if that what was discussed...
      - flipped 10mo ago
        You are being pedantic and annoying. Why would you even respond in off-topic response? Your comments have served nothing to the topic on-hand.

flipped 10mo ago

> by using the browser you are not contributing to the networK That's false to some extent. Tor's promise comes from it's vast population of users. The more users it has, the better it is to improve everyone's anonymity. So in a way, even by using it, you are helping Tor network. And please, save the "criminal" bs (meant for the original comment).

coldtea 10mo ago
This response stretches "pedantic correction" to new levels.
- lxgr 10mo ago
  Why? The utility of any network grows with the number of participants, even that of inherently asymmetric networks that strictly distinguish "producers" and "consumers". (More eyeballs make the network more valuable to content providers.) This might not be how courts determine culpability of redistributing any potentially illegal content, of course.
  - coldtea 10mo ago
    >This might not be how courts determine culpability of redistributing any potentially illegal content, of course. Which is precisely the point of this discussion. Might as well argue "By protecting the environment you're supporting the drug trade, because people that a climate catastrophe would wipe out will be able to be drug users".
- flipped 10mo ago
  It's literally outline by Tor Project team, if you care to even read from official sources.
  - coldtea 10mo ago
    This here response continues to stretch "pedantic correction" to new levels. What's "literally outlined" I'd guess is that the utility of the Tor network increases with adoption which nobody ever doubted. What is discard is the tenuous over-stretched argument in this thread regarding fears of legality, that went like this: GP: Using Tor browser and running a Tor node are different things, by using the browser you are not contributing to the network, you're just accessing it. P: That's false to some extent. Tor's promise comes from it's vast population of users. The more users it has, the better it is to improve everyone's anonymity. So in a way, even by using it, you are helping Tor network. As if that what was discussed...
    - flipped 10mo ago
      You are being pedantic and annoying. Why would you even respond in off-topic response? Your comments have served nothing to the topic on-hand.