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

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Post by xigoi » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 7:57 PM UTC

tekla wrote: post #148

throw0101a wrote: post #143

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> 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.

The issue has become so emotionalized that if you say anything that even remotely looks like supporting pedophilia, people will tell you to go kill yourself.

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

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Post by ilyt » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 7:57 PM UTC

tamimio wrote: post #104

mikeyouse wrote: post #25

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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.

That would be absolute opposite of useful

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

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Post by hotpotamus » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 7:58 PM UTC

pfannkuchen wrote: post #28

zer8k wrote: post #4

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> 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.

I’ve never seen the term chomo before and I’m curious about its origin. Is it “homo” but with ‘c’ for child tacked on the front, or is it Spanish? Or something else, like a portmanteau of child molester?

I remember it because SNL had a skit where The Rock invented a "robo chomo"[0]. Given that SNL used it, I thought it was a pretty mainstream term.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NgUhEs1R4

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

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Post by decremental » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 7:58 PM UTC

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…

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

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Post by failuser » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 7:59 PM UTC

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…

Cyberpunk was not about a dream. It was more of a warning to all those people who thought that technology will bring utopia. “High tech, low life” is the guiding principle of cyberpunk — technology will not solve societal problems all the cool tech brings issues that were not foreseen. With corrupt government and corporations not going anywhere just because the computations and communications got faster.

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

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Post by Ms-J » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 7:59 PM UTC

ZiiS wrote: post #152

freehorse wrote: post #121

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They cannot be arrested in Croatia or anywhere else for breaking laws in Kosovo.

Most banks etc will cut business even if you cannot be arested.

Thankfully there are alternatives to banks when they try to dictate, such as cryptocurrency or even Hawala. I've used both with great success.

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

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Post by yunohn » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 8:00 PM UTC

mvanbaak wrote: post #181

Longhanks wrote: post #131

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Corruption is also common practice within the EU (see: Eva Kaili), most of the upper EU just hides it better while pointing fingers at "unaligned" states, inside and outside of the EU. If Von der Leyen wasn’t corrupt, I’m sure she wouldn’t have any problem handing over her texts.

> wouldn’t have any problem handing over her texts This is the same non-reason as is being brought up with cameras filming you 24/7 etc. 'You dont have to worry if you have nothing to hide' ... It's an invasion of privacy, and it is worth fighting against that.

This is an absurd argument.

We’re talking about texts between the EU President and Pfizer’s CEO, not some randos.

https://www.politico.eu/article/new-york-times-sue-european-...

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

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Post by OfSanguineFire » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 8:00 PM UTC

orangepurple wrote: post #230

OfSanguineFire wrote: post #184

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How do you know what was uploaded, let alone that those were the only things uploaded? If I remember Freenet’s model correctly, files were distributed across the network as encrypted fragments and no one knew what exactly was being shared on his own node.

Run a DC++ client connected to some major hubs and snoop on the queries that people search for and you will lose all hope for humanity.

People definitely search for awful stuff, but that doesn’t mean that such stuff is the only thing shared on DC++. It is films and music that draws so many people to DC++.

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

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Post by someweirdperson » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 8:07 PM UTC

lamontcg wrote: post #206

mschuster91 wrote: post #197

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> I don't think anyone is saying he should be in jail because he's saying misogynistic stuff. For what it's worth, I do. The shit he and others of his ilk teach to young, vulnerable men is inspiring a lot of real-world violations of women, some even get drawn to outright terrorism and murder. In Germany, we call such persons "geistige Brandstifter" for a reason. They may not light a fire on their own - in general the…

> In Germany, we call such persons "geistige Brandstifter" for a reason. The "there's a world for that in German" thing is probably a good (but obviously imperfect) inoculation against extremist propaganda. I'm often frustrated that we don't have pithy little phrases specific to all kinds of bad behavior in English. It is easier to talk about things if they're given specific names.

It's nice to have specific terms for special generic concepts. However, use of the German language doesn't stop there, and creates an association between some terms and use in a specific political context, removing these expressions from politically correct usability even outside of the political context that claimed them. And those are a lot more subtle and difficult to identify than e.g., allow/deny-lists.

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

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Post by ejiblabahaba » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 8:09 PM UTC

trogdor wrote: post #213

foobiekr wrote: post #200

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All of them.

I am all-but-certain that NordVPN doesn't. I am in possession of records from a recent police investigation in which law enforcement subpoenaed NordVPN and the company replied, essentially, that they had no information connecting a particular IP address, at a specific date and time, to any specific user. (I am a reporter who covers law enforcement and crime.)

Are you sure you're not thinking of Mullvad?