Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 25, 2006 03:53 AM
I have used tor to do various things I couldn't have done without it. I use it to connect on IRC if I happen to want to do something against the terms of service, or I use it to fake polls, since it allows me to visit pages from lots of different IPs and it's easy to set up tor to change path every 30 seconds and then script an automatic voter that votes every 30 seconds.
Why must you have the freedom to do such things on somebody else's server? Precisely that sort of thing is why the IRC operator who wrote the parent article sees Tor as a menace.
Freedom of speech means YOU have the right to speak your mind. It does NOT mean that others are obligated to provide you with a soapbox or even so much as an ear.
Now, I will concede that the operator built his house on sand by relying on IP address as a means of identification but that does not give you the right to kick it down.
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Re:To much freedom to
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 25, 2006 03:53 AMWhy must you have the freedom to do such things on somebody else's server? Precisely that sort of thing is why the IRC operator who wrote the parent article sees Tor as a menace.
Freedom of speech means YOU have the right to speak your mind. It does NOT mean that others are obligated to provide you with a soapbox or even so much as an ear.
Now, I will concede that the operator built his house on sand by relying on IP address as a means of identification but that does not give you the right to kick it down.
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