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Re: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

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Post by marcinzm »

coldtea wrote: post #76
marcinzm wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His statement being factual and his statement, admitting to breaking laws in Kosovo, being a rational thing to say publicly are different things.

It's perfectly rational if nobody cares about the laws being broken there, and they will have no repurcursion for admitting to it.

There being no immediate repercussions doesn't mean there aren't going to be any long term when you basically give governments a loaded gun aimed at your own head. Eventually someone might decide to use it even if the reason for it has nothing to do with the gun.

This is a person who, by their own statement, had out of context IRC logs used by the government to convict him of a different crime.

Re: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

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Post by jadamson »

gmiller123456 wrote: post #85
zer8k wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way I learned it is that it is a portmanteau of child molester. The extra "o" in the middle is used because "chmo" is hard to pronounce.

"Chimo" would make more sense in that case, so that's probably not the origin of it.

Yeah, I can't imagine anyone wanting slang to rhyme.

Re: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

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Post by DennisP »

mrighele wrote: post #38
DennisP wrote: post #9

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I'm trying to imagine a plausible reason to (a) run a Tor exit node, but also (b) not actually use Tor for online nefariousness, and I'm coming up blank. I don't think running a Tor node as an excuse is a real scenario. (edit: emphasis) Edit2: Jeez guys. I support Tor. I'm saying anyone who runs an exit node is also going to use Tor for anything that might get them in trouble, not do those thing in the clear and "use…

In some countries "online nefariousness" include things like trying to access gay communities, or looking information about abortion.

I strongly support Tor. I'm saying that anyone who runs an exit node is also going to use Tor for anything that might get them in trouble. Hence, it's nonsense to say that Tor exit nodes should be illegal on the grounds that they can be "used as an excuse," as the comment above suggested.

Re: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

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Post by ziml77 »

gmiller123456 wrote: post #85
zer8k wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way I learned it is that it is a portmanteau of child molester. The extra "o" in the middle is used because "chmo" is hard to pronounce.

"Chimo" would make more sense in that case, so that's probably not the origin of it.

Would you also argue that mofo can't derive from motherfucker because that would be mofu?

Re: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

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Post by tetris11 »

mindslight wrote: post #81
sillysaurusx wrote: post #34

The eternal struggle. Information wants to be free, and then people use those freedoms to do the most screwed up things imaginable, and people like this pay the price. It’s a damn shame how the original cyberpunk dream played out. We could’ve had a world where companies couldn’t do anything about people using their ideas. Instead we get one where you can’t even be anonymous without rubbing elbows with child predators…

Tangential to your much larger lament - OpenStreetMap, and specifically OSMAnd which is libre and free on F-droid, works great for offline maps that are downloaded ahead of time. (I think the version on Google Play limits the number of regions you can download unless you make a small donation).

Organic Maps on F-Droid, is a literal godsend in offline raster maps. I used OSMand a lot on my old phone, buy since I downgraded it just could not load the vectors fast enough

Re: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

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Post by tenpies »

EGreg wrote: post #74
wkat4242 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It’s a damn shame how the original cyberpunk dream played out. We could’ve had a world where companies couldn’t do anything about people using their ideas. Instead we get one where you can’t even be anonymous without rubbing elbows with child predators. Corporate government is pretty much a staple of. all cyberpunk franchises though.

Maybe open source generative AI can help solve cp. Cater to all these pedophile fetishes, and no need to exploit children? Remember how we phased out ivory for piano keys, and other poaching? With diamonds, there is still a push to source “the real thing” kept alive by De Beers, and other cartels like that. But for a lot of poaching, we found replacements. I think that’s how plastic got started too btw! Also PETA has…

> generative AI can help solve cp

On a side note, there was a very good film about this last year called The Artifice Girl.

Think indie, very theatrical with only three settings and three very clear acts, but thought-provoking and with some unstated implications. I would recommend watching it without checking IMDB or any review site first.

Re: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

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Post by tedivm »

bcye wrote: post #27
npsomaratna wrote: post #16

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This isn't a parody, right? I mean, surely no-one would (seriously) say this in public in real life? Right?

Parody, honeypot, maybe both

Seriously- I feel like I was just added to several government watch lists simply for opening that page.

Re: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

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Post by andybak »

jmkni wrote: post #90
sillysaurusx wrote: post #34

The eternal struggle. Information wants to be free, and then people use those freedoms to do the most screwed up things imaginable, and people like this pay the price. It’s a damn shame how the original cyberpunk dream played out. We could’ve had a world where companies couldn’t do anything about people using their ideas. Instead we get one where you can’t even be anonymous without rubbing elbows with child predators…

> he spent a lot of time downloading maps and trying to make a way to view them locally Isn't that, like, a map? lol we've had maps long before the internet

Paper gets heavy real quick and personal microfiche readers never caught on.

Re: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

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Post by devnullbrain »

MatekCopatek wrote: post #14
rvnx wrote: post #6

Quite logical, same in France and likely many countries; if you run a Tor exit node (or any type of open proxy), you get visited by the police if someone does something wrong on your exit node. Otherwise what could happen is that you run a Tor node and use it as an excuse for any crime you do.

Couldn't you say the same for every coffee shop that gives random people Wi-Fi access?

A more politically controversial example would be social media/'platforms', IMO. Google and Facebook are allowed to be in possession of CSAM, as long as someone else put it there.
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