Kickstarted - Faster Tor Hardware Router

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/augustgermar/anonabox-a-tor-hardware-router

"We noticed also that pageload times and end user experience is significantly faster than when running the Tor browser bundle software, because all the hard work is being done in the background by the anonabox."

What do we think of this ^ aren't slow speeds are mainly due to bandwidth problems at nodes and long ping times?

edit: Spelling


Comments


[2 Points] D15EA5ED:

Wow this is a great way to introduce yet another potential back door to your home network without any benefits at all.

If you want tor to load faster run a relay, you can set them up on your home connection or an amazon ec2 for free.

Personally I hardly even notice a drop in speed when using tor, sometimes I forget its even turned on (at my router) and only realize it when I accidentally use google instead of ddg.


[2 Points] saze83:

It's somewhat ridiculous to think that the piddly processor in this box is somehow better than even the average desktop i5. If there is indeed a better user experience with this device, it must be through another mechanism.


[2 Points] jadedsynk:

Nice try NSA.


[1 Points] unclenumberone:

Wow looks like a lot of people want to see it happen.


[1 Points] darknetsolutions:

Outsourcing backdoors/sniffers through the very consumers it targets.

Brilliant marketing right there.