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But it has gotten a bad reputation because of the other shit. That's my point. You're being willfully ignorant.
No, some people perceive it as such because of people like you gobbling up misinformation.
Theres wayy more illicit content on the clearnet then Tor, but you dont hear people saying "oh that disteo lets you on the internet, its bad"
The majority of Tor traffic is people just getting on Facebook, stop pretending it has more illegal content than the rest of the 'net
And yet nonetheless, tails has a reputation.
People think innocent children in Gaza have "reputation" of being terrorists.
Just because a propaganda campaign has spread misinformation so that theres a false "reputation" doesn't make it true. What it does mean is that we should actively combat that misinformation.
Innocent civilians are not terrorists just because they're brown and speak Arabic.
TAILS is mostly used by folks just browsing cat pictures in Facebook.
Did I say it was "true" or did I say "it has a reputation?" Jfc my guy, quit being so dense (or keep being dense and fuck off, makes no difference to me). If it has a reputation, true or not, for pedo shit and markets, and your boss or security team is familiar with this reputation, true or not as it is, they perhaps unsurprisingly will suspect you of pedo or market shit, true or not. Ffs this isn't as hard as you're making it.
If someone in your workplace is going to falsely accuse you of something based on objectively false propaganda, then its time to call them on their bullshit and educate them.
Let me know how that goes for you.
I've successfully rolled-out Onion Share and Tor Browser at a number of companies that I worked-for.
That's good, you don't work everywhere.