If enough governmental bodies can get behind running Tor nodes then couldn't we theoretically protect the bulk of humanity from spying on Internet access? Truly an advance in the Internet technology. It's kind of like if a single nation does it they control everything, but once all the nations compete then everyone wins.
But at planetary scale would Tor scale in an environmentally friendly way?
Most governments value their law enforcement obligations and/or desire for surveillance more strongly than an Internet that is protected from spying, so good luck with that.
Ironically, most of these same sectors in the same governments have strong need to be protected from spying themselves.
So in many cases it's really a case of "we want a monopoly on secrecy".
Which should be a massive red flag for everyone, from left to right, from liberal to conservative, from anarchist to communist and so on. But somehow isn't picked up by any of these. I presume because they all believe somehow they either won't be targeted or will be exempt?
perlgeek|1 year ago
berkes|1 year ago
So in many cases it's really a case of "we want a monopoly on secrecy".
Which should be a massive red flag for everyone, from left to right, from liberal to conservative, from anarchist to communist and so on. But somehow isn't picked up by any of these. I presume because they all believe somehow they either won't be targeted or will be exempt?