New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
open.nytimes.com
New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
1–10 of 175 posts
Re: New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
#2Re: New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
#3WhatsApp and Telegram are hardly replacements for Tor access. A government can block them easily.
The onion service's days were numbered after they fired Runa Sandvik. I'm surprised it lasted this long. Looking at the pay and current labor disputes, it seems like the New York Times isn't a good place for a skilled software engineer to work these days.
They'll keep running SecureDrop over an onion service, right...?
Re: New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
#4Journalists speak truth to power, meanwhile the NYT aligns itself with power at every opportunity. For example, they knew the NSA was spying on us but never ran the story to protect GW's chances at reelection. Presumably they didn't want to be seen as anti-establishment with the new powers and are reverting to their time-proven behavior. NYT will lick the boot when presented, same as ever.
Re: New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
#5> Users who wish to continue reading Times journalism where their access to the main website may be blocked can do so through WhatsApp or Telegram.
elsewhere,
> Apple Says It Was Ordered to Pull WhatsApp From China App Store
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/technology/apple-whatsapp...
Re: New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
#6[deleted]
Re: New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
#7[flagged]
Re: New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
#8> deepened our understanding of reaching audiences that might otherwise be blocked from accessing our journalism
> Users who wish to continue reading Times journalism where their access to the main website may be blocked can do so through WhatsApp or Telegram.
https://archive.is/ is still the de-facto way to read NYT articles...
Re: New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
#9Chilling effects and all that.
Complying in advance with the expectation of attacks on first amendment rights only emboldens autocrats and smooths their path to total control.
https://lithub.com/resist-authoritarianism-by-refusing-to-ob...
Re: New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
#10Journalists speak truth to power, meanwhile the NYT aligns itself with power at every opportunity. For example, they knew the NSA was spying on us but never ran the story to protect GW's chances at reelection. Presumably they didn't want to be seen as anti-establishment with the new powers and are reverting to their time-proven behavior. NYT will lick the boot when presented, same as ever.
The answer is ad revenue. If you go against what your subscribers believe in, you lose money. If you lose money, you might lose your job. If you lose your job, you can't pay your mortgage.