{"id":14603,"date":"2013-07-22T16:04:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T23:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=14603"},"modified":"2013-07-22T16:04:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T23:04:44","slug":"would-you-buy-an-onion-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/22\/would-you-buy-an-onion-pi\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you buy an Onion Pi?"},"content":{"rendered":"

* Want the privacy advantages of TOR, but don’t want to install TOR on your computer?<\/p>\n

* Want the privacy advantages of TOR, but can’t<\/i> install it on your computer or mobile device?<\/p>\n

* Want your friends, family, and guests to be able to easily anonymize — even if they aren’t geeks?<\/p>\n

* Want anonymity you can take wherever you go?<\/p>\n

That’s what Onion Pi<\/a> is for. Sez its creator:<\/p>\n

Using it is easy-as-pie. First, plug the Ethernet cable into any Internet provider in your home, work, hotel or conference\/event. Next, power up the Pi with the micro USB cable to your laptop or to the wall adapter. The Pi will boot up and create a new secure wireless access point called Onion Pi. Connecting to that access point will automatically route any web browsing from your computer through the anonymizing Tor network.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds easy? Probably is — after you build the Onion Pi device for yourself<\/i> (from kits that are currently out of stock at that link). Uh oh. That’s quite a big catch.<\/p>\n

Reader Scott who earlier turned Mark\/Greylocke’s DIY Preparedness Thumb Drive Project<\/a> into a turnkey device is interested in producing plug-and-play ready Onion Pi devices and thinks he may be able to sell them for $100 or so.<\/p>\n

No financial interest on my part. But because he did such a great job on the thumb drives, because I know he can use both the money and the work, and because it seems like a good idea, I told him I’d put out a query.<\/p>\n

Ready-made Onion Pi gadgets aren’t available yet. If they were, and cost in the $100 range, would you be interested? And do you believe others might be (e.g. your non-techie mom and dad who might use such a device if you showed them how)?<\/p>\n

Scott said he’d monitor comments and do his best to respond to any questions, critiques, suggestions, etc. So have at it, please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* Want the privacy advantages of TOR, but don’t want to install TOR on your computer? * Want the privacy advantages of TOR, but can’t install it on your computer or mobile device? * Want your friends, family, and guests to be able to easily anonymize — even if they aren’t geeks? * Want anonymity you can take wherever you go? That’s what Onion Pi is for. Sez its creator: Using it is easy-as-pie. First, plug the Ethernet cable into any Internet provider in your home, work, hotel or conference\/event. Next, power up the Pi with the micro USB cable…<\/p>\n

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