Facebook Is Not Blocking Tor Deliberately
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Facebook Is Not Blocking Tor Deliberately
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#2I guess we can put away the pitchforks?
Re: Facebook Is Not Blocking Tor Deliberately
#3I guess we can put away the pitchforks?
yes, one less thing to debate and speculate about !
Re: Facebook Is Not Blocking Tor Deliberately
#4Honestly, who cares if Facebook isn't blocking Tor traffic? They are only interested in mining your personal information to sell to advertisers; they don't care how you get to their service. In addition, Facebook will still ban you if you use pseudonym.
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#5Whether or not FB is deliberately blocking Tor now, how out-of-line would it be for them to eventually block it in the future?
It doesn't seem in their best interest as a company to allow Tor connections...but other than that, what ethical obligations do they have to allow anonymous connections? FB already has a policy more-or-less mandating real identities...so for them, this is kind of a non-issue, right? By using FB, you're already identifying yourself and agreeing to implicitly under the TOS.
So does that mean activists are screwed? Well...I'm interested in the use-cases for activists using FB...I mean, if you're in a situation where you fear the authorities tracking you down...then you hopefully have better sense than to conduct business under your social identity. If you're managing a FB account from a fake identity and fear the authorities tracking your IP...then maybe do your work from a public wifi? Facebook isn't your biggest enemy here...the enemy is, ostensibly, the government...and the secondary enemy is you (or your collaborators) attracting attention to yourself inadvertently, whether you're using Tor or not.
I guess the tl:dr of my question is: if you must conduct sensitive work, why do it on Facebook, a network that is committed to sharing things in public?
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#6Honestly, who cares if Facebook isn't blocking Tor traffic? They are only interested in mining your personal information to sell to advertisers; they don't care how you get to their service. In addition, Facebook will still ban you if you use pseudonym.
Facebook is not forcing you to give them your personal information ? I understand and pretty much agree with most of what you say but can we agree that Facebook is simply another company trying to make money and be a thriving business and not an evil organisation trying to take over your life and destroy your liberties ? capiche ?
Re: Facebook Is Not Blocking Tor Deliberately
#7Whether or not FB is deliberately blocking Tor now , how out-of-line would it be for them to eventually block it in the future? It doesn't seem in their best interest as a company to allow Tor connections...but other than that, what ethical obligations do they have to allow anonymous connections? FB already has a policy more-or-less mandating real identities...so for them, this is kind of a non-issue, right? By using…
if you must conduct sensitive work, why do it on Facebook, a network that is committed to sharing things in public?
You might as well replace "facebook" with "the Internet".
Re: Facebook Is Not Blocking Tor Deliberately
#8Whether or not FB is deliberately blocking Tor now , how out-of-line would it be for them to eventually block it in the future? It doesn't seem in their best interest as a company to allow Tor connections...but other than that, what ethical obligations do they have to allow anonymous connections? FB already has a policy more-or-less mandating real identities...so for them, this is kind of a non-issue, right? By using…
It's not just a use-case for anonymous or clandestine activists. Consider the Arab Spring, where Facebook and especially Twitter were used to rally people together in public areas.
Many countries might block large, uncensored social websites (like Facebook). Tools like Tor can help circumvent such practices.
Re: Facebook Is Not Blocking Tor Deliberately
#9Honestly, who cares if Facebook isn't blocking Tor traffic? They are only interested in mining your personal information to sell to advertisers; they don't care how you get to their service. In addition, Facebook will still ban you if you use pseudonym.
Facebook is not forcing you to give them your personal information ? I understand and pretty much agree with most of what you say but can we agree that Facebook is simply another company trying to make money and be a thriving business and not an evil organisation trying to take over your life and destroy your liberties ? capiche ?
This. If there is evil at Facebook, I haven’t seen it. It might be big, but at the most basic level it’s just a directory of people where you share stuff and see some ads to support the site. That’s not unlike the vast majority of sites that we all use every day.
Besides, the goal of advertising on Facebook is to provide suggestions to people that are actually valuable. It’s good for people to get discounts on products they like, or information about new things to do in their area. It’s good for businesses to make sure their ads are shown to people who might actually care about the product/service/event in question. Making money is just a happy side effect of creating actual value.
Re: Facebook Is Not Blocking Tor Deliberately
#10It wouldn't surprise me if this was deliberate by an entity to prevent unmonitored communications.