I had to install ccache before libssl would compile. Make sure you build libssl before libevent. In the icons folder is a install script to download the icons.
Otherwise compiles well. The anonymity of the .onion sites scares me. I have a very strong suspicion that one day SSL (i.e. symmetric encryption with no backdoor) will be illegal in many countries.
[1]: https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/blob/master/build... [2]: https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-OnionBrowser/commit/68a92f488b...
The content of a lot of .onion sites scares me. Definitely a higher concentration of crazy than I'm used to on the internet.
These corners of the internet aren't pretty but they play an important role within our society.
a) comparing child pornography to political criticism
b) saying that it "play[s] an important role within our society".
Can you elaborate?
It's not the child pornography that is important to society. It's the freedom of speech, and the security that speech has against regulation from the government. Tor is a place where a person can securely make any sort of criticism that they want, and that security is important.
An unfortunate (but unavoidable) side effect of that security is that child pornographers also receive the same security.