Having just now read that the NSA is stepping up its surveillance of the Internet, I decided to resume my previous practice of using the Tor Browser Bundle to hang out online. I'm doing this even when I have no reason to expect anonymity nor privacy.
My reasoning is that for me to transmit encrypted traffic will provide some cover for those who are working for legitimate regime change.
But I have to post this from the stock Firefox. When I try to login to HN with Tor, while my login is not rejected I'm not logged-in. That is, at the top right of the page is "login" rather than "MichaelCrawford".
Doubtlessly this is done on purpose to keep a lid on the crapflooders and linkspammers, however some means should be found to enable legitimate HN members to use Tor.
My reasoning is that for me to transmit encrypted traffic will provide some cover for those who are working for legitimate regime change.
But I have to post this from the stock Firefox. When I try to login to HN with Tor, while my login is not rejected I'm not logged-in. That is, at the top right of the page is "login" rather than "MichaelCrawford".
Doubtlessly this is done on purpose to keep a lid on the crapflooders and linkspammers, however some means should be found to enable legitimate HN members to use Tor.