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  Tor's new messaging app RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-01 19:42 +0000
    [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-03-02 05:57 +0000
      Re: [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-02 11:18 +0000
        Re: [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-03 22:16 +0000

#1126 — Tor's new messaging app

From the "smells like onions" department:
Title: Tor is working on a messaging app that will take privacy to the next level
Author: Jacob Siegal
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:10:12 -0500
Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/7ssK_6f3S88/
Podcast Download URL: http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/71f664774c52a65e18df9f76fe247179?s=96&d=identicon&r=G

[image 2][1]

It's very difficult to have a discussion about online anonymity without
mentioning Tor[3]. Tor is best known for its secure browser, which will
allegedly protect your privacy as long as you avoid torrents, browser plugins
and document downloads, but now the team wants to expand its services even
further.

Continue reading...[1]
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Links:
[1]: http://bgr.com/2014/02/28/tor-anonymous-instant-messenger/ (link)
[2]: http://boygeniusreport.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/tor-browser.jpg?w=554 (image)
[3]: http://bgr.com/tag/tor (link)
[4]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~4/7ssK_6f3S88 (image)

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#1133 — [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app

On 01/03/2014 19:42, RS Wood wrote:
> From the "smells like onions" department:
> Title: Tor is working on a messaging app that will take privacy to the next level
> Author: Jacob Siegal
> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:10:12 -0500
> Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/7ssK_6f3S88/

The link you posted
("http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/7ssK_6f3S88/2")
actually goes to
"http://bgr.com/2014/02/28/tor-anonymous-instant-messenger/".

May I ask that you post the _real_ link in future?

Google already knows too much about me and everyone else - I don't want
to give them more.

[I can't speak for the other /. refugees, but I think you're doing a
good job with your stories. This post is intended to provide
constructive feedback, not be the digital equivalent of pointing a
finger and throwing childish insults...]

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#1137 — Re: [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app

On 2014-03-02, invis <invis@invis.net> wrote:
> On 01/03/2014 19:42, RS Wood wrote:
>> From the "smells like onions" department: Title: Tor is working on a
>> messaging app that will take privacy to the next level Author: Jacob
>> Siegal Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:10:12 -0500 Link:
>> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/7ssK_6f3S88/
>
> The link you posted
> ("http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/7ssK_6f3S88/2")
> actually goes to
> "http://bgr.com/2014/02/28/tor-anonymous-instant-messenger/".
>
> May I ask that you post the _real_ link in future?
>
> Google already knows too much about me and everyone else - I don't
> want to give them more.
>
> [I can't speak for the other /. refugees, but I think you're doing a
> good job with your stories. This post is intended to provide
> constructive feedback, not be the digital equivalent of pointing a
> finger and throwing childish insults...]

I totally understand the concern.  Maybe that will mean not linking to
articles from BGR.  In theory, it's possible.  But in reality, a lot of
news sites now use Google's Feedproxy as their RSS provider, and I don't
know why, since it's a piece of cake to have your own CMS do it
in-house.

That's the problem with Google, isn't it?  They provide services
people/companies like/want to use, and their products are often better
than the competition.  The user then gets sucked into giving data to
Google.

Incidentally, have you noticed between Pipedot, Soylent, and comp.misc,
there's frequently just a little bit of overlap, but not too much?  Very
cool that among three sites there's such interesting diversity of stuff
to read.

Next week I was thinking of posting something to all three sites to see
how it plays out in the comments.

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#1225 — Re: [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app

On 2014-03-02, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 2014-03-02, invis <invis@invis.net> wrote:
>> On 01/03/2014 19:42, RS Wood wrote:
>>> From the "smells like onions" department: Title: Tor is working on a
>>> messaging app that will take privacy to the next level Author: Jacob
>>> Siegal Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:10:12 -0500 Link:
>>> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/7ssK_6f3S88/
>>
>> The link you posted
>> ("http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/7ssK_6f3S88/2")
>> actually goes to
>> "http://bgr.com/2014/02/28/tor-anonymous-instant-messenger/".
>>
>> May I ask that you post the _real_ link in future?
>>
>> Google already knows too much about me and everyone else - I don't
>> want to give them more.
>>
>> [I can't speak for the other /. refugees, but I think you're doing a
>> good job with your stories. This post is intended to provide
>> constructive feedback, not be the digital equivalent of pointing a
>> finger and throwing childish insults...]
>
> I totally understand the concern.  Maybe that will mean not linking to
> articles from BGR.  In theory, it's possible.  But in reality, a lot of
> news sites now use Google's Feedproxy as their RSS provider, and I don't
> know why, since it's a piece of cake to have your own CMS do it
> in-house.

I expect Google make it worth their while.

A quick look suggests that the Boy Genius direct URL is listed by
Newsbeuter as the first of the 'Links' following the text.  So it is
certainly possible to avoid the Google redirect/intercept from your
usenet articles.

> That's the problem with Google, isn't it?  They provide services
> people/companies like/want to use, and their products are often better
> than the competition.  The user then gets sucked into giving data to
> Google.
>
> Incidentally, have you noticed between Pipedot, Soylent, and comp.misc,
> there's frequently just a little bit of overlap, but not too much?  Very
> cool that among three sites there's such interesting diversity of stuff
> to read.
> 
> Next week I was thinking of posting something to all three sites to see
> how it plays out in the comments.

Those of us who greatly prefer participating in usenet to coping with a
plethora of blogs, won't necessarily see Soylent or Pipedot at all, or
won't contribute anything there.  (That of course applies equally to
Slashdot).

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