11.01
So I’ve been reading up on Tor, software that allows for anonymous communication over the all-too-public Internet.
Simply put, Tor works by first encrypting your traffic and then routing it thru various and random Tor servers to mask the source… and even the destination if desired.
Why? Well, in a word: freedom. Freedom to speak out against oppression without fear of reprisal as it masks a user’s true source, freedom to read what governments or organizations don’t want you to read as it can circumvent many proxies….
Of course it also means freedom to transfer kiddie porn and communicate with terrorists….
Freedom, is seems, isn’t free.
I would like to run a Tor server, to contribute a little bit to the overall concept of Freedom, which you may recall was once a hallmark of this country. Before I do, I know I’ll need to reconcile the idea that the freedom I help to provide can also be used by folks that I don’t particularly agree with, freedom is funny that way.
