Posted by
timothy
on from the blender-seems-the-obvious-choice dept.
jaromil writes "TorTV is an early effort to embed Tor in household computing: run it on your TV at home. So far only WDTV installed with the homebrew WDLXTV firmware is supported. What other platforms do you think are viable for it?"
OK, let's get the obvious question out of the way: Why would I want to run Tor on my TV? Honestly, I don't get why. I don't see anywhere on the site that explains why it would be a good thing for me to run my TV on the Tor network.
Re:Huh?
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 3, Insightful
Well, there is the, "Because I can" factor. But it also could provide some interesting safety measures when using a built-in browser on some televisions. Yes, there are televisions with a web browser. Why? Because some people like the idea.
No, my router routes. The closest thing to a service that it provides is NAT. I don't worry about it getting buried in connections because I bought a router (Cisco 881 at a surplus yard) that would stand up to the abuse I throw at it.
Speaking of WDTV...
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LanMan04
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I just grabbed the newest version, the WDTV Live Streaming Server "Gen 3", which is essentially the "Hub" product without the internal hard drive.
Will WDXLTV be available for this model ever? If so, do I really care? It plays *everything* I throw at it...so what else does XL do, other than being a torrent/usenet client?
What the hell are you two talking about? Shaun's fit roommate got bit early in the movie, and the fat one made it to the end.
-- Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
I don't know...
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TubeSteak
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· Score: 4, Interesting
As a result of inexperienced police departments, running a TOR exit node can have some serious consequences. So the idea of ubiquitous TOR is great, but in practice I'm be leary of endorsing having TOR enabled [everything]. For now, it should remain the domain of experienced users who are running TOR with their eyes open.
You can say it's a chicken or egg kind of situation, but I don't want my family to be one of the eggs that gets broken because of the content coming out of their TOR exit node.
-- [Fuck Beta]
o0t!
What's All This About, Then?
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Karl+Cocknozzle
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· Score: 3, Insightful
Is the goal to flood the Tor network with so much traffic that the feds might not be able to catch your bittorrent downloads?
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OK, let's get the obvious question out of the way: Why would I want to run Tor on my TV? Honestly, I don't get why. I don't see anywhere on the site that explains why it would be a good thing for me to run my TV on the Tor network.
I just grabbed the newest version, the WDTV Live Streaming Server "Gen 3", which is essentially the "Hub" product without the internal hard drive.
Will WDXLTV be available for this model ever? If so, do I really care? It plays *everything* I throw at it...so what else does XL do, other than being a torrent/usenet client?
With the first link, the chain is forged.
What the hell are you two talking about? Shaun's fit roommate got bit early in the movie, and the fat one made it to the end.
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
As a result of inexperienced police departments, running a TOR exit node can have some serious consequences.
So the idea of ubiquitous TOR is great, but in practice I'm be leary of endorsing having TOR enabled [everything].
For now, it should remain the domain of experienced users who are running TOR with their eyes open.
You can say it's a chicken or egg kind of situation, but I don't want my family to be one of the eggs that gets broken because of the content coming out of their TOR exit node.
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
Is the goal to flood the Tor network with so much traffic that the feds might not be able to catch your bittorrent downloads?
Who did what now?