How is Tor supposed to help? As far as I know, it provides anonymity for clients, but not for the server. I think Freenet-like technologies would be more suitable for anonymous trackers.
Freedom of speech is a great thing, nobody's arguing with that. Just try to look on Kaspersky's statement at a different angle. As I see it, internet passport is meant to be more like a driver's license.
Everything has its price, and so does the freedom. The freedom of riding a bike without getting a license first has its price in accidents involving people who aren't good at riding bikes. Fortunately, those usually aren't serious, so the society prefers to pay that price, allowing everyone to ride a bike at will.
The same reasoning goes for cars. As accidents with cars sometimes turn out to be really ugly, peolple decided that the price for license-free car driving is too high. If you think about it, it would still be a nice thing to be allowed to hit the road after a few of dad's driving lessons instead of the official thing. If only we could give people new bodies after the accidents, I'd vote for license-free driving.
The question really comes to this - are users ready to pay for the anonymity on the net with all the bad things coming out of it, like spam, bullying etc. Kaspersky probably isn't, other people might be.
PS. It's actually funny to see how you folks (not especially WCMI92) are demonizing Mr. Kaspersky because of his soviet/KGB past. Understanding other people is difficult, isn't it? =)
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How is Tor supposed to help? As far as I know, it provides anonymity for clients, but not for the server. I think Freenet-like technologies would be more suitable for anonymous trackers.
Freedom of speech is a great thing, nobody's arguing with that. Just try to look on Kaspersky's statement at a different angle. As I see it, internet passport is meant to be more like a driver's license.
Everything has its price, and so does the freedom. The freedom of riding a bike without getting a license first has its price in accidents involving people who aren't good at riding bikes. Fortunately, those usually aren't serious, so the society prefers to pay that price, allowing everyone to ride a bike at will.
The same reasoning goes for cars. As accidents with cars sometimes turn out to be really ugly, peolple decided that the price for license-free car driving is too high. If you think about it, it would still be a nice thing to be allowed to hit the road after a few of dad's driving lessons instead of the official thing. If only we could give people new bodies after the accidents, I'd vote for license-free driving.
The question really comes to this - are users ready to pay for the anonymity on the net with all the bad things coming out of it, like spam, bullying etc. Kaspersky probably isn't, other people might be.
PS. It's actually funny to see how you folks (not especially WCMI92) are demonizing Mr. Kaspersky because of his soviet/KGB past. Understanding other people is difficult, isn't it? =)