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Activists Call For General Strike On the Tor Network (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the upset-customers dept.

Reader derekmead writes: Some Tor users are very unhappy with the way the project has been run in recent months, and are calling for a blackout on September 1st. They are asking users to not use Tor, for developers to stop working on Tor, and for those who run parts of the network's infrastructure to shut it down. The disgruntled users feel that Tor can no longer be fully trusted after a brief hiring of an ex-CIA official and the internal sexual misconduct investigation against activist Jacob Appelbaum.

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  1. Dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    This same soap opera was just posted 11 hours ago. Is it really necessary to repost?

  2. Re:Confused by tripleevenfall · · Score: 4, Informative

    SJWs just heard a buzzword and started a twitter campaign

  3. Re:Confused by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Company has misbehaving employee. Misbehaving employee was fired. What am I missing here?

    Shari Steele fired and replaced Tor's entire board of directors. ioerror's accusers tried to get him fired from an academic program outside of Tor and they are trying to expel Daniel J. Bernstein (yes, that djb) from the security community. They have been going on a witch hunt against everybody who suggests they might be handling this too aggressively. Anyone who dissents is kicked out of Tor.

    I'm looking forward to seeing the developers quit en masse and start the Shallot Router. Or everyone can go to i2p.