First things first: The Missing Link!
Dmitry Bogatov (maintainer for several Debian packages and a TOR exit node) was arrested in Moscow, accused of endorsing violence and mayhem. The Debian project reacted by - besides giving their moral support - revoking access rights based on his private key as a precaution, in case the key gets compromised.
(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Wednesday April 19 2017, @02:35PM (2 children)
it's "Tor", not "TOR"
On the other hand [wikipedia.org], the ambiguity is to be expected:
The name is derived from an acronym for the original software project name "The Onion Router"
Given that an acronym generally is spelled with all caps, naming their project after an ever-so-slight variation on an acronym for The Onion Router admits a tendency for people to call them, or their system, or parts of it, TOR. If they want their name change to stick, they could try something like "PrivacyBlaster 6000" or "Whack-a-node", which are significantly different from TOR, unlike "Tor".
At all events, TOR in this context clearly stands for The Onion Router, which is a reference to the Tor project, illustrating the confusion.
I wish the Tor folks all the best of luck in garnering mindshare for their administrative uppercase-to-lowercase transition of two of the letters of their name.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @02:38PM (1 child)
It's still "Tor", not "TOR".
(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Wednesday April 19 2017, @04:57PM
It's still "Tor", not "TOR".
You are absolutely right. There's no arguing with that.
I also salute Tor for making freedom possible in many situations where it would not have previously been, and Bogatov for helping in the effort.