[tor-relays] plans to require ContactInfo to be non-empty

[Tyler Durden]

+1

Good to know that I'm not the only one finding this behavior of him  wicked.


Emilian Ursu:
> Hi,
> 
> I was planning to bring up this issue but the other way around,
> ContactInfo, Nickname and Myfamily are non-enforceable so why
> should tor rely on spoofable information for its operation?
> 
> I saw some discussions about contacting hosting providers to
> reach out to server operators and I see you harassing people
> often for not setting MyFamily and that is outrageous!
> 
> A malicious actor will take the time to evade this policies so
> why bother at all, is tor getting designed for friendly or
> adversarial conditions?
> 
> Your language, as seen in the Trabia-Network thread and other
> posts alike, seems to imply an undeserved authority position: 
> "please set MyFamily and contactInfo in your torrc                                                                                                   to avoid getting rejected"
> 
> What? Rejected from what? Does one have to earn the right
> to commit time and resources for helping the network?
> Do relay operators need the tor network or is it the other way
> around? Maybe it's time for a reality check.
> 
> Regards,
> Emilian
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 09:25:00PM +0000, nusenu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> due to some recent and ongoing events related
>> to a malicious entity running tor relays
>> I'll start to pursue an idea that I had 
>> for some time: require non-empty ContactInfo
>> (non-empty does not mean valid email address)
>>
>> This is primarily a non-technical policy discussion
>> which will take place on tor-dev at .
>>
>> If you want to help right away and currently
>> don't make use of the ContactInfo, please set it.
>>
>> If you think such a change would negatively affect you
>> please let me know (off-list is also fine if you prefer).
>>
>> thanks,
>> nusenu
>>
>>
>>
>>  
>> -- 
>> https://twitter.com/nusenu_
>> https://mastodon.social/@nusenu
>>
> 
> 
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