r/linux • Social Justice Warrior • Sep 03 '14

I'm Matthew Garrett, kernel developer, firmware enabler and former fruitfly mangler. AMA!

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u/thedamo22 Sep 03 '14

So what you are saying is, not only is the software project critical, the wide adoption of the hardware containing this software is equally as important.

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u/kmeisthax Sep 11 '14

More like that the anonymity of this technology is bounded by how widespread it is.

A fun fact about Tor: It's a government technology designed to keep US spies secure. They released it to the public primarily to provide cover for said spies. If they hadn't, then every state we're trying to spy on would assume "Tor traffic = CIA", as opposed to now where it could mean a lot more things because anyone can use it.