Quote from: Lauda on August 15, 2017, 04:40:55 PM

Quote from: cleavey on August 15, 2017, 10:33:38 AM

Marketing is marketing, it is all language that does not usually treat clarity, reality or consumers with the utmost respect. If you'd prefer, I could say something like "everyone exaggerates on their CV". I don't agree with it.

It is not the same thing, comparing the misleading marketing of a strong and established brand vs. the misleading marketing of an unknown and shady developer.

It is the same thing. I'm not comparing the entities, I'm comparing the way they speak. Pretend I didn't say "quantum dot", it was just an example of bullshit marketing speak.

Quote from: Lauda on August 15, 2017, 04:40:55 PM

Quote from: cleavey on August 15, 2017, 10:33:38 AM

If I can use an obvious statement against your point, what does it say about your point?

Your statement does not, in any way, affect my point.

I took your point to be that Tor isn't secure because it has had bugs exploited in the past. Unless you plan on not using software, the threat of bugs being exploited is ubiquitous. The imprecise wording of "100%" I dealt with elsewhere.

Quote from: Lauda on August 15, 2017, 04:40:55 PM

Quote from: cleavey on August 15, 2017, 10:33:38 AM

There definitely is. Monero anonymises transactions on the blockchain, but it doesn't hide the fact that your ip is interacting with it. There is the option of using Monero over Tor, which I'd recommend if you're that into using Monero for privacy (https://github.com/monero-project/monero#using-tor ).

Again in other words: There is no reason for DeepOnion to exist (regardless whether it does what it claims to do or not (minus the fake advertising)).

I haven't argued for or against DeepOnion as yet (I've just been answering select points I disagreed with, like you mentioning bugs in OpenSSL or the shills using similarly flawed logic). I don't give a toss about the politics beyond grabbing some popcorn and letting it play out, so disregarding that I'll just say this:

I see nothing wrong with competition in the "anon-crypto" market, which already has a lot of competition. I doubt DeepOnion can make a big impact to that market, but far be it from me to stop them from trying. For the market in general, Monero is top dog and I don't see that changing (unless some major design flaws in Monero exhibit themselves, unlikely), but that is just my opinion.