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

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

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Post by kedean »

tamimio wrote: post #118
zer8k wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If convicted, this could land me in jail for 6 to 10 years. The 6 to 10 years is the least of his worries. The guy will be labeled a chomo and probably killed as a result. All for running a Tor exit node. What a time to be alive.

It wasn’t in the US, and it was for him either 3 months jail or probation for some years, he was also able to leave Europe completely, most likely because they know he had nothing to do with it but per the article there was no plea.

On the other hand, his picture and actual name appear in articles like this one that will show up in a background search.

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

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Post by mschuster91 »

npsomaratna wrote: post #16
schroeding wrote: post #8

Wow, the website of his hosting company[1] is, eh, extremly honest: > Further, as Kosovo is an extremely corrupt country, we are able to bribe both executive and judicative as well as getting information about court orders and raids before execution, enabling us to move servers out of the affected location, protecting our clients in any situation. Our excellent Serbian connections enable us to also move servers cross…

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

Andrew Tate said essentially the same. Turns out corrupt police don't like it when someone brags with that fact.

Not that I'd shed any tear for Tate or the other guy though, both deserve all they get and more.

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

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Post by throw0101a »

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…

> Maybe open source generative AI can help solve cp. Cater to all these pedophile fetishes, and no need to exploit children?

Illegal in Canada (even animated/cartoons):

* https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/man-facing-child-porn-charges-aft...

Edit: fictional material seems to be illegal in quite a lot of countries:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_child_pornography

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_fictional_porn...

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

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Post by rootw0rm »

tamimio wrote: post #104
mikeyouse wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your coffee shop could turn over MAC addresses if the police showed up with a warrant - especially all of the 3rd party managed solutions with logging.

MAC addresses are useless to track, you can change it, randomize it (I think even Microsoft windows has that feature built in too), or simply just throw away that wireless adapter used. It would be useful if for example these MAC addresses are tied to your identity, say when you buy a laptop/phone, you have to go in the process of adding these MAC addresses to be linked to you of some sort.

Useful for who?

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

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Post by kristopolous »

This kind of stuff has happened many times before.

I did a video about "the dark web" a couple years ago where I talked about people on zeronet and freenet getting snagged because of potentially the contents of their cache store. It's made for a non technical audience

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3gMJlQU9TDQ

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

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Post by jeffbee »

peytoncasper wrote: post #13

Why don’t we put Tor nodes in space? Seems like a few hundred micro satellites could circumvent sovereignty this way.

Only 11-year-old Libertarians think this way. "Circumventing sovereignty" is the surest way to destruction. Anyone who stands outside the protection of a legitimate sovereign power will be immediately destroyed by a real country. If you fly your shit out in space and declare your satellites to be independent of any flag, I am sure that they will all promptly disappear due to mysterious causes. Likewise, if you believe that you will simply move to a remote floating platform where you declare independence, you will soon discover what the U.S. Navy is for.

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

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Post by throw0101a »

linsomniac wrote: post #112

My BIL used to work CP with the DHS, a tech going in heavy with the first wave to secure devices. I asked him if he had ever run into Tor exits, he said no, but they did sometimes run into people with unsecured wireless that had been used by third parties and once it was clear that was what happened it was pretty much dropped. I'm sure they would have ways to deal with people leaving their WiFi open as a way of camou…

> I asked him if he had ever run into Tor exits, he said no, but they did sometimes run into people with unsecured wireless that had been used by third parties and once it was clear that was what happened it was pretty much dropped.

Could one have open Wifi "accidentally" (on purpose) as a defence mechanism against one's own actions to introduce reasonable doubt?

Bruce Schneier in 2008:

* https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wirel...

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

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Post by tekla »

throw0101a wrote: post #143
EGreg wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> Maybe open source generative AI can help solve cp. Cater to all these pedophile fetishes, and no need to exploit children? Illegal in Canada (even animated/cartoons): * https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/man-facing-child-porn-charges-aft... Edit: fictional material seems to be illegal in quite a lot of countries: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_child_pornography * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_f…

CP is disgusting and everything, but I'm kinda weirded out about thought crime. If no harm is being done, not even indirectly to anyone else, why is it a crime?

It's not illegal to write a fanfic that you keep to yourself about all the weird ways that you want to torture and kill someone.

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