Tor is great, there are lots of in depth technical discussions about onion routing online if you're curious.
Tor gives you anonymity not encryption, but you can always combine encryption with Tor.
I wish everyone would run a tor node, however very few people do and they can come under very serious bullying by the powers that be.
Also online you can read accounts of how the government intimidates people who run Tor nodes. They ask you questions, they show up at your place of work and ask questions, etc.
Nothing you're doing is illegal, this is just them using their power of intimidation.
If a lot of people ran Tor, the game would be over, but because so few do, intimidation still works, sort of.
That article was interesting, but didn't really seem to go anywhere - I was expecting him to bring up something about 'The dangers of operating a Tor exit node' (posted earlier today), or perhaps even a reflection on the legal status of Tor exit node operators (given that their IP addresses show up in logs, but they don't know what requests they're forwarding), but he didn't seem to make that (or any other) point...
This is kinda stupid. It is much safer to be cynical about strangers.
Also, asking a stranger to "watch over your stuff" is unfair. You are burdening him with the responsibility of your stuff while their is nothing in return for him.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 19.1 ms ] threadI have a few extra computers at home. Thinking they would be good for Tor.
It is worth noting that there are also potential risks: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=526140
Tor gives you anonymity not encryption, but you can always combine encryption with Tor.
I wish everyone would run a tor node, however very few people do and they can come under very serious bullying by the powers that be.
Also online you can read accounts of how the government intimidates people who run Tor nodes. They ask you questions, they show up at your place of work and ask questions, etc.
Nothing you're doing is illegal, this is just them using their power of intimidation.
If a lot of people ran Tor, the game would be over, but because so few do, intimidation still works, sort of.
Also, asking a stranger to "watch over your stuff" is unfair. You are burdening him with the responsibility of your stuff while their is nothing in return for him.
Everyone always acts out of self interest.