The Tor Project has explained its recent decision to remove multiple network relays that represented a threat to the safety and security of all Tor network users.
  • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Great reminder for people to run a node at home. I run 2 nodes at my house along with dozens of relays (including exit nodes) on different VPS providers. It’s not that complicated, you basically just need a spare computer that can run 24/7 and an internet connection. It greatly helps the Tor network and the people in countries like Russia, China, Iran, etc. who rely on Tor in order to bypass censorship and safely browse the open internet. You can watch this video on the topic of running Tor relays at home: https://youtu.be/npg3cBJusnA

      • subignition@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        According to your link, hosting an exit node was not a crime by itself, this person pretty much encouraged the illegal activity

        The Austrian Court found that this activity may lead to criminal liability for aiding and abetting of a crime of distribution of child pornography when coupled with other circumstances. Of course, mere provision of Tor Nodes would not be enough to establish at least indirect intent (bedingte Vorsatz), which such aiding and abetting under criminal laws usually requires (§ 5 StGB).
        In order to find such circumstances, according to PCWorld, the court cited transcripts of chat sessions uncovered during the investigation in which the Weber told an unidentified correspondent “You can host 20TB child porn with us on some encrypted hdds”, “You can host child porn on our servers” and “If you want to host child porn … I would use Tor.” Weber defended himself against this on his blog saying: “Yes, this logs existed – Yes, i recommended Tor to host anything anonymously, including child pornography – Yes, this is of course taken out of context.”

  • kpw@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get how they intended to make money by running a relay? What was the business plan here?

    • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s crypto, you can’t understand it unless you already believe in it.

      From the outside, blockchain looks like a spread sheet that’s so difficult to edit, you have to turn it into a slot-machine to incentivize people to try. But I don’t understand blockchain.