> Seeing pretty much all participants on this list (a Tor list!) are opposed to > improving the situation of Tor isn't exactly encouraging to write some code > to solve this problem. Perhaps I should return to hacking 3D printers.
You should probably read: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/call-arms-helping-internet-services-accept-anonymous-users > They need a better way to distinguish spammers from legitimate users. It’s not an easy problem to solve. On 24 Jan 2015, at 19:13, Markus Hitter <[email protected]> wrote: > Signed PGP part > Am 24.01.2015 um 17:16 schrieb Matthew Anderson: > > But I have to ask, why would you want to connect to freenode from an > > exit relay when you can connect from within? > > - It adds unneccessary load to the Tor network. > > - It triples general network load. > > - It's a hassle to setup. Proxies and such stuff. > > - Even more if I don't want to move my entire PCs over to Tor entirely. Then > I have to choose the network on an per application base, which not all > applications allow to do. > > - I can no longer use unregistered nicks. > > - I can no longer register a nick. > > - The same applies to all other users, the latter two are prohibitive for > users actually in need of anonymity. > > > There's a reason they > > offer the hidden service to connect to their network. > > I'm entirely fine with them offering this service. No need to forbid other > services along with this, though. > > > > Respectfully, I think you have a _lot_ to learn. > > Perhaps I'm not that kind of guy who accepts somebody elses decision as a god > given. It's a deliberate decision by the Freenode folks. It's not me in need > of help, it's them. They need a better way to distinguish spammers from > legitimate users. > > Seeing pretty much all participants on this list (a Tor list!) are opposed to > improving the situation of Tor isn't exactly encouraging to write some code > to solve this problem. Perhaps I should return to hacking 3D printers. > > > Thanks, > Markus > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Dipl. Ing. (FH) Markus Hitter > http://www.jump-ing.de/ > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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