Raided for Running a Tor Relay

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by chatmasta • 12 years ago

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This isn't the first time I have heard of someone being raided/arrested for running a tor relay. Makes me wonder why anyone would want to run a tor relay.

andrewstuart2• 12 years ago

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

Afforess• 12 years ago

Please don't trot out that rubbish.

Not wanting to run a relay is up there with things like not running an open Wifi access point, or not leaving your door unlocked. Willingly offering your personal internet address to complete strangers with no interest in your well-being is insane. It can only end badly.

Like the OP of this story, if you do not understand the risks of TOR, you should definitely not be using it.

specialp• 12 years ago

I am a bit weary about this though as there are no details at all proving this person was raided or actually ran an exit node. There is a BTC address to donate to, but no name, no location, no news article or torrc file. I think skepticism is needed. And yes running exit nodes can potentially get you harassed by governments.

kylekampy• 12 years ago

I had the same thought. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I'm quite skeptical in this case.

adamnemecek• 12 years ago

It's a good idea not to go into much detail if the lawsuit is still going on/is about to happen. If the other party comes across the post, they might be able to use something from the post in the lawsuit. I'm not a lawyer but this is what people usually say on like reddit when someone talks about some legal troubles they got themselves into.

briantakita• 12 years ago

This silence is a problem when the laws & penalties are unjust. If one cannot express the details of the suppression and why it's unjust, then you effectively have censorship. There is no system of checks & balances :-(

d0ugie• 12 years ago

Has uProxy been abandoned/shelved?

It supposed to be opened to the public in January, then nudged back a few months, and now on their site it says summer of 2014.

Might have helped this guy practice his "altruism" without appearing to engage in money laundering better than tor.

nvk• 12 years ago

FUD.

Raided for Running a Tor Relay

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