The dangers of operating a Tor exit node
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The dangers of operating a Tor exit node
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Re: The dangers of operating a Tor exit node
#2From the computers I've been asked by friends and family to repair of their malware epidemics lately, I could retitle this article "The dangers of operating Windows XP". Every single one has been in one botnet or another.
Tor is a sticky problem, sure, but uninformed law enforcement is as well. An IP is not a telephone number. With the onslaught of voip, soon a telephone number won't be either.
At least this case had a prosecution free resolution.
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#3I found this part at the end of the post amusing:
They need to be disciplined and retrained, and their senior managers need to be named and shamed, as they are an unacceptable risk to innocent members of the public, and the real criminals must be running rings around them.
There's absolutely no incentive for the police to understand these things (or let on that they do) and avoid freaking out "innocent" members of the public. Look at this example: this guy won't be running a Tor exit node again, so in a way, they got what they wanted.
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#4Blogspam, flagged.
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Re: The dangers of operating a Tor exit node
#5Because of the ignorance of the police you need to be nuts to run a Tor exit node.
I don't much see the point in Tor anyhow, you want to be anonymous for some reason just use an unsecured WIFI AP or a proxy in another country, easy enough.
Re: The dangers of operating a Tor exit node
#6Because of the ignorance of the police you need to be nuts to run a Tor exit node. I don't much see the point in Tor anyhow, you want to be anonymous for some reason just use an unsecured WIFI AP or a proxy in another country, easy enough.
> Because of the ignorance of the police you need to be nuts to run a Tor exit node.
You'd be nuts to do that because 90% of the traffic going through your node will warrant legit police interest.
Re: The dangers of operating a Tor exit node
#7What I'd like to see is a way to enforce restrictions on the destinations you're willing to route as an exit node. I'm all for giving people living under restrictive regimes access to things like Wikipedia, but I don't particularly care to enable anonymous access to child pornography.
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#8Congratulations, now you understand who benefited when the media created the pedophilia scare.
I confess to being a total conspiracy theory nut on this topic, and go out of my way to defend "sex offenders" in any online discussion I come across. Sadly this is not enough. We're up against a monstrous evil machine made up of mostly good and well-intentioned humans and there's no apparent way to defeat it.
Think about it: who should we blame for the persecution and near ostracism of the article's author? The journalist who honestly warns the public about pedophiles? The media executives? The lawmakers? The police? The whole chain is structured to remove accountability, letting both idea creators and executives sleep peacefully with a clear conscience. The end result is the poor person facing a giant senseless Machine, thankful to be alive after narrowly avoiding its grinding gears. It doesn't have to be this way, people.
Re: The dangers of operating a Tor exit node
#9Congratulations, now you understand who benefited when the media created the pedophilia scare. I confess to being a total conspiracy theory nut on this topic, and go out of my way to defend "sex offenders" in any online discussion I come across. Sadly this is not enough. We're up against a monstrous evil machine made up of mostly good and well-intentioned humans and there's no apparent way to defeat it. Think about i…
If anyone hasn't seen it already...
(Brasseye: Paedogeddon)
Part1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7jVnrfoZD8&feature=relat...
Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcnQDYnGtS8&feature=relat...
Part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA07Tw4iEFw&feature=relat...
Re: The dangers of operating a Tor exit node
#10Because of the ignorance of the police you need to be nuts to run a Tor exit node. I don't much see the point in Tor anyhow, you want to be anonymous for some reason just use an unsecured WIFI AP or a proxy in another country, easy enough.
I think unsecured WIFI AP in Burma or China is a very precious commodity, if it even exists.