On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:38:31 +0000, adrelanos wrote: > scarp: > > It is inappropriate for a web browser to not be automatically updated. > > Generally a good idea... Once concern. > > What about the claim, if The Tor Project had an auto updater, they could > get gag ordered to ship a backdoor (to specific users).
If the update itself goes via tor there is no way to identify specific users. (For the initial download the situation doesn't change.) > Is there any > legal base for that or is that only speculation? Probably a secret one, then. Besides the tor project suddenly losing a lot of employees in a situation like that. Andreas -- "Totally trivial. Famous last words." From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800 -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
