[tor-relays] AirTor/ATOR continues to pester Tor relay operators, promising donations

[Richie]

ator.org actually works. They try to get Relay Operators to mine/receive 
their cryptocurrency through uptime, see https://docs.ator.io/ . Also 
some hardware plans regarding Wifi routers with preinstalled "ator" 
software/routing.

Personally, i'd say "kill it with fire", but well, thats just me :) 
Nevertheless, i guess it could be helpful to make it clear also on 
behalf of torproject.org, that we're neither support nor endorse their 
plans and disencourage to use this stuff.

greetz
Richie

Am 16.03.23 um 20:25 schrieb Christian Pietsch via tor-relays:
> Dear Tor community,
> 
> maybe the notes from the Tor relay operator meetup on March 4 should
> have mentioned that a participant called AirTor was kicked from that
> BBB conference.
> 
> This happened because they were using “Tor” in their name and
> continued to make dubious offers like the one below which just arrived
> in my NGO's inbox. They did not send it to the e-mail address in the
> ContactInfo of our Tor relays but a generic one. In BBB's text chat,
> they offered to change their name “if thats best,” but as you can see,
> they have not. Instead, the signed as ATOR – but that might be a typo.
> 
> I am writing this to let you know that it's best to ignore e-mails
> like the one below. In the meetup, Roger made it increasingly clear
> that he does not believe that AirTor are acting in good faith.
> 
> Cheers,
> Christian
> 
> 
> ----- Forwarded message -----
> 
> From:   AirTor Team <team at airtor.org>
> Message-ID:     <1167510526.29240.1678981005095 at eu1.myprofessionalmail.com>
> Subject:        Support for TOR relay associations
> X-Mailer:       Open-Xchange Mailer v8.10.73
> X-Originating-IP:       24.218.88.76
> 
> Hello from ATOR!
> We are a community driven initiative that provides recognition rewards to
> supporters and operators in the TOR ecosystem.
> We would love to recognize your efforts and the efforts of your relay
> operators, and hear your opinions on the protocol we have in mind.
> Please let us know if this is something of interest to you. We would also like
> to donate to help your operation grow and remain active.
> Thank you for your time, we hope to hear from you soon!
> Sincerely,
> ATOR team
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> 
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