On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 11:55:02 -0700 Seth <list@sysfu.com> wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 10:15:38 -0700, Cathal (Phone) <cathalgarvey@cathalgarvey.me> wrote:
I used to toy with this for a while after the "onion like routing layer" appeared, then read a little about the implementation and uninstalled it immediately and permanently.
Same here.
Another rather unsavory aspect of the software I discovered after about a week of running it, was that by default, your computer is an exit node. [1] (this may have since changed)
This meant that people abusing the Tribler service to share child porn/whatever could spew the filth through any number of unsuspecting Tribler users Internet connections and with most of them being none the wiser until their door got kicked in.
This is an unacceptable mega-blunder in my book and was enough for me to uninstall the app and never look back.
This sound a bit like the model in Freenet. You get some encrypted traffic and only forward it to another host, so I'm guessing they had plausible deniability in mind. Their website clearly states that the project is not secure and should not be used for "controversial" content however, so I'm not really sure how much abuse could happen, seems to me like someone with something to hide would have others and better options. -- Goto Daichi (nerv) <nerv@fastmail.fm> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v2 mQENBFVl0RcBCADHL0fGKZ/4MAciOo9GqKnCz6f9qu1Q+1gOSu7anHTEALePUXrI VFXdYfcB9D91mfYhSPdI6Wf4f3YNqJJozIaGo1p7g7Oo0j2n8KR/xgxtGLSqkyc7 I4Pkhg0SCa5pm2ty9cyfrUWrRwgopEj4bJlR2L0HHhTQBoVo9h30XtWeLPwwg+O1 vUGDgiLniHKBwna5jMp0I/bZxuM9ztxWXEmiEkqIh65dT6mcjJx2visSDAZGB033 pU/EQFTxyavFOlypZG+WCGo8VNJkzEf6cHMVKJsi6aBi8ewGiw0SuYfYSY9Fed8I rLq0990FfB2NT26BRmJM+6Svs8+fJe3o+YNnABEBAAG0JUdvdG8gRGFpY2hpIChu ZXJ2KSA8bmVydkBmYXN0bWFpbC5mbT6JATgEEwECACIFAlVl0RcCGwMGCwkIBwMC BhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEIH6UEN73OdVe+sH/i5I5C1A8EzvK3wuetsK 8mPAiTFdw+x1tYrvS2A/eYAjKP1wfx9csB+Q9n94HFv7FtP5IbceZ5BdMtjagBa3 uWmHA/Pf5zoE3MaTSeY16mBEr141bTWzIdWofLgi0IrKPch8onEnTdd2hBWvJTPU F8Zb176trSEpYEACo+6QUppFUmXDGhvVzAfOMJZU8mjfQvf5haamcYTeOifG0riW vXjSDJJCFuMtj5uTRES9bRxKsyL2zW9B+DW9es4YIJ2zCgnSajoBGQu+kjrWzZG9 qlz5L0SbgQ4cRy4BT9o9AToK5Rs1eixEvHIten2agC7yMUbhGMyXYNRk+3NSJcJb Zfi5AQ0EVWXRFwEIANwbm4X50uUHDYgT038WI8LfEd8Gh0UABAxRjn4AlpuaXJKL mVY24iRTEHdspuBP12e11E9FiYO6/As7XSBIH/ZUFogffQGPh3Dyr4r9mBPBp+qR NDy5tP5g6qbAYtJnDznaEldjsrF4FzrFcS3/9oCjOX3in98qYh+PS6DU3+emUn7V P7socUmxgckidhvaWkAj6dsmZbg4kkWhGvarzCbehCZxKGgtfRfyTWeQfTYbSrSD sxYZRb6lMBcVlY1Us6Uanw+au9vJPnS3nbZQJDhfJ/utTmaBpyIn6+4f4Ku049qp YntER2RJiX+bHhVNa8IR5E4946pxZfBt6dY5Fo8AEQEAAYkBHgQYAQIACQUCVWXR FwIbDAAKCRCB+lBDe9znVcxyB/iEiBpDbN8siHNCfJlFL98Au/GV9fE7H8IgCZ6o rKKEjWEPML+FhlAYfbVlVnqSnmoLFloSYqhDymY+4S0IS/QcMnY2u017Rb1AIbF1 5BYzK1cTGDbeLObeJaIVr+DHEl+goPL9YgHg/X3WmFrO7nGP3Fv/n+VFn+S4zGE0 1yGFU9vdNGZkC7ddlDhGvophLJHHxfGSiGnjXKq9vR+xq2yyH0EZqLlCEprMmTo1 X+EpRNLZA4p5oee5RI/t6zk92DElTLuDqbPTnQNQd9tVwPeNQXsgWR+SPYD7vLQI hez47/0guyHoHwMDjkiXq4uwgGT0YdZ8lDoT2Z8BiApLMRI= =t27C -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----