[tor-talk] Using VPN less safe?

[Spencer]

Hi,

Thank you for your thoughtful response (:

> 
> Paul Syverson:
> diversity of trust
> 

This has no definition that I could quickly find. It is an 
anthropological area of research, though, such as inquiring into how 
trust works in diverse communities, with more research needed.

> 
> this does not mean 'let the Tor Project or... select a
> route and hand it to you'.
> 

Why not.  I am forced to update [0], unless I never close this session. 
This tactic is more aggressive than Windows 10 upgrades ):

This approach degrades trust.  How am I then expected to trust that 
other things won't function the same?

> 
> experts
> 

Means try through experience.

> 
> have thought about
> 

My snips show lack of experience and trying; thought experiments can 
only go so far:

>> 
>> Tor Project FAQ Snip:
>> undefined and potentially unsafe behavior ...
>> it is not clear if this is safe ...
>> it has never been discussed ...
>> we don't understand ...
>> 
> 
> configuration settings so you can do differently...
> informed a choice as possible and understand
> what the issues are
> 

Where is the education for this located?  I would love to know more.  
The development trend seems to be to hide complexity instead of educate.

> 
> This is not ready for deployment for everybody's Tor
> clients to do their own trust-aware route selection.
> 

Why, are they not trusted?

> 
> understand how diverging from the pack will affect you.
> 

It seems that this falls into the realm of responsibility of the Tor 
Project.  What information is there sitting around waiting to be 
restructured into a consumable bite that could help people understand 
what the experience is really?

Wordlife,
Spencer

[0]: Torprosoft.png