[tor-talk] [Tails-dev] Persistent Tor start in Tails vs location aware Tor entry guards (LATEG)

[sajolida]

intrigeri:
> sajolida wrote (07 Feb 2016 13:01:57 GMT) :
>> If we think that the relationship between location and entry guard is a
>> meaningful information, for the mobile user for example, maybe the name
>> of the entry guard could at least be fed back somehow before the
>> connection takes place, in Tor Launcher or whatever connection process
>> will might come up with in Tails.
> 
> Not sure I understood what you mean with "fed back" here.
> 
> IMO merely exposing this info to the user in more places brings little
> value, if any. If we find a good way to give the user some meaningful
> control over it, it's different of course.

Something similar is being discussed on:

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16665.

I don't have time to elaborate on this myself right now...