[liberationtech] Haystack Q&A

[Danny O'Brien]

Hi everyone,

I just joined this mailing list a few days ago, and I think the
archive is a few days behind that, so if I've missed any messages, I
apologize.

I appreciate Austin's offer to answer any questions publicly in this
forum;  I also appreciate the opportunity to have a continuing
discussion of these questions and the replies.

Here are my questions for the Haystack team:

1) Could you give us precise numbers as to the user base of Haystack?

2) Would you make available a way that Haystack users can determine
that they are, in fact, using the real Haystack, and not malware
presented by others?

3) Would it be possible to provide a copy of Haystack for public
download and evaluation? It seem like it would be possible to restrict
the usage of a "demo" version to not take too much of Haystack's
resources.

3) Would you be amenable to submitting Haystack for independent review
by security experts? If not, why not? If this has already happened,
can you name who conducted such an audit?

Thanks!

d.