[tor-relays] Node Operators Web Of Trust

[tor at t-3.net]

 On 11/07/2014 10:26 PM, grarpamp wrote:
 > Is it not time to establish a node operator web of trust?
 > Look at all the nodes out there with or without 'contact' info,
 > do you really know who runs them? Have you talked with
 > them? What are their motivations? Are they your friends?
 > Do you know where they work, such as you see them every day
 > stocking grocery store, or in some building with a badge on it?
 > Does their story jive? Are they active in the community/spaces
 > we are? Etc. This is huge potential problem.


I can't think of a good reason to do this, or why there is a problem.

Can think of quite a few negatives, the worst of which are related to 
the fact that NSA/GCHQ would like for Tor to go away. Something like 
what you describe would be a nice little tool for them to get 
useful-to-them personal info about Tor node operators. Even assuming 
that the node operators' identities are already known to the 
aforementioned agencies, how could feeding them juicy little details 
possibly help the situation.

It also kinda has "perfect environment for social engineering" written 
all over it. Who's to say that the most trusted-feeling people in such 
a group wouldn't necessarily be one of the infiltrating baddies. They 
are pro at this.