Concerning the thread (which craig locked earlier today)
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I think it will be obvious from my replies in that thread that I tried to do some research and to present less apocalyptic interpretations than did the OP, and I suggested some common-sense tests one can use to assess just how bad tails is at providing anonymity, if that is the case, or to prove that it does in fact provide good anonymity, if that is the case. But when craig simply censors rather than allowing users like me to attempt a balanced discussion of the facts of the matter (to the extent that one can figure them out in a reasonable amount of time), this leaves the impression that ax25 really
is being used to harm people.
Right aboot now I wonder if things would be better if the DUF server was located in Canada, eh?
[EDIT: regarding possible innocuous explanations of ax25 modules in tails, at
look at the blog "Going Dark vs.a Golden Age of Surveillance", which has several very good comments and then near the end as I write, a very similar post about the ax25 loadable kernel module, signed "M". If there is an innocuous explanation I expect that someone will provide it there. Bruce S mentions the Wikileaks Spyfiles website; there and at cryptome.org one can find many documents suggesting that if it is possible to surreptitiously bug a specific individual "target" computer with ax25, secret police will do it if easier methods fail, so I don't think it would be wise to dismiss the suggestion out of hand. Rather, if no such scheme could possibly work, explain why not!]