It looks like Kickstarter has suspended the project. http://www.wired.com/2014/10/kickstarter-suspends-anonabox
Colin On October 15, 2014 9:47:09 AM EDT, isis <i...@torproject.org> wrote: >Sven Reissmann transcribed 2.4K bytes: >> Hi there, >> >> I recently read about the anonbox project [1], a small >hardware-router, >> which allows end-users to connect their whole LAN to the Tor network. >> The project is on kickstarter at the moment [2]. >> >> Has there already been a discussion on how this might affect the >> performance of the Tor network? > >Yes and no. > >One of the Anonabox developers, August Germar, posted to their >kickstarter >page that the distributed Anonaboxes would have a checkout option to be >relays/bridges by default. [0] Colin Mahns responded to this, [1] >pointing out >some of my recent discussions with Mike Perry and others on the tor-dev >list >on scaling the Tor network. [2] [3] (And August Germar responded in >their >Reddit AMA. [4]) > >I agree with Colin that the Anonabox folks seem to be well-intentioned. >However, the network effects, were these routers to be distributed, and >were a >majority of them to be configured as relays by default, would likely be >harmful due to the low bandwidth of most residential connections. > >That said, I think that everyone here would welcome the chance for a >pocket-sized FLOSS router which enforces safe Tor usage. If that is >their >goal, and they are able to communicate honestly with users, I'd like to >help >them succeed. Particularly if it means someone else does hardware >development, >since that's not really my jam. :) > >[0]: >https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/augustgermar/anonabox-a-tor-hardware-router/posts/1017625 >[1]: >https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/augustgermar/anonabox-a-tor-hardware-router/posts/1017625?cursor=8115567#comment-8115566 >[2]: >https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/007558.html >[3]: >https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/007560.html >[4]: >https://www.reddit.com/r/anonabox/comments/2ja22g/hi_im_august_germar_a_developer_for_the_anonabox/cl9u17k > >-- > ♥Ⓐ isis agora lovecruft >_________________________________________________________ >OpenPGP: 4096R/0A6A58A14B5946ABDE18E207A3ADB67A2CDB8B35 >Current Keys: https://blog.patternsinthevoid.net/isis.txt > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >tor-relays mailing list >tor-relays@lists.torproject.org >https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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