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eloisius · 2012-06-19 09:56:57

Tor is a bandaid. We need a truly p2p infrastructure.

Hoodedcrow | karma 13 | avg karma 1.08 · | 2024-06-02 07:06:37

We already have this - it's called Tor and I2P.

bobsil1 | karma 1396 | avg karma 2.43 · | 2014-11-19 16:20:58+00:00

Net architecture needs to go Tor-style.

3pt14159 | karma 17766 | avg karma 4.07 · | 2018-06-13 20:26:06

Tor isn't the answer, it's broken. What's needed is a replacement for the modern web. At the protocol level it's busted in so many ways it isn't salvageable. The sooner we recognize that the sooner we'll be able to create its replacement.

api | karma 31631 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2014-04-27 16:46:49+00:00

Tor needs a mechanism for P2P, like ephemeral .onion addresses. Then it could just run over Tor which is already a proven anonymity technology.

zlatinb | karma 14 | avg karma 0.88 · | 2020-09-03 13:57:19+00:00

There is already a P2P program called OnionShare that uses the TOR network. Never used it, but journalists and activists supposedly use it.

dastx | karma 1044 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2019-12-18 19:09:45+00:00

If it doesn't exist yet, we create this. I vote to call it TOR.

esbranson | karma 365 | avg karma 1.33 · | 2014-07-12 00:47:52+00:00

I sure wish Tor would absorb the best of I2P.

gasull | karma 10567 | avg karma 6.68 · | 2012-09-24 23:53:53

It's time to start using Tor.

I don't mean only for browsing the web. I mean it's time to have services in Tor:

- We need a Youtube in Tor that won't censor a video because it's an unauthorized remix of some other music videos.

- We need a Twitter in Tor where users don't get subpoenaed.

- We need a Facebook in Tor where I can use a pseudonym if I want to.

- We need a Gmail in Tor where messages won't be so easily eavesdropped by Governments.

- We need services in Tor that won't need to fear patent trolls.

PG, please unblock Tor for HN.

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jchw | karma 23678 | avg karma 5.27 · | 2018-10-23 15:32:39+00:00

Sure, Tor and I2P are great. Tor Browser Bundle even tries to be useful to the average person. And yet, I still think there's work to be done. I'm thinking we need a new application platform entirely.

There are some contenders for that, but progress has been slow.

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sanity31415 | karma 797 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2021-06-26 19:34:54

Tor isn't really P2P since messages need to go through Tor's network of routers.

shadowgovt | karma 15568 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2020-06-03 18:03:42+00:00

Why should they? Tor is already there.

Forbo | karma 1765 | avg karma 2.61 · | 2021-09-06 09:32:43

Tor, I2P.

pont | karma 1 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2018-04-16 23:39:18+00:00

This situation can't be improved. Start using Tor.

throwaway54235 | karma 0 | avg karma 0.0 · | 2020-12-08 15:38:37

The only solution is onion routing AKA Tor and similar.

artificial | karma 860 | avg karma 1.49 · | 2020-03-26 21:35:32

I suggest the use of Tor.

RachelF | karma 5143 | avg karma 5.31 · | 2014-06-28 21:59:55

Great idea. The main problem with TOR is the lack of nodes, so transferring any file will be very slow.

mirimir | karma 16819 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2016-05-03 02:02:56

Such as Tor?

ThePhysicist | karma 12553 | avg karma 6.96 · | 2018-09-30 13:09:38

I'm not saying use the Tor network but rather implement the protocol on a custom, provider-specific infrastructure.

bbcbasic | karma 3059 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2017-05-12 09:40:39+00:00

How about Tor