[tor-talk] Tor as ecommerce platform

[Ted Smith]

On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 03:08 +0300, Maxim Kammerer wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Ted Smith <tedks at riseup.net> wrote:
> > Are we to believe that the Reddit commenter you're referencing wrote
> > some mechanical-turk-esque system that allowed them to classify large
> > amounts of traffic as cp/non-cp?
> 
> You don't need to classify large amounts of traffic for that — you can
> sample URLs manually to get an idea of what your exit node is used
> for.

What did that commenter do? They don't say.

Further, "get an idea" isn't "statistics".

> > Personally, I thought that comment was a troll/false-flag as soon as I
> > saw it, and I'm not sure why you're putting so much stock in some random
> > Reddit user.
> 
> I just gave that link as an example of user experience with running an
> exit node and looking at the traffic. Do you have a better statistic?

No, but I'd rather say nothing than say something that could be a lie.

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