[158431] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Will Hargrave)
Thu Nov 29 20:39:55 2012
From: Will Hargrave <will@harg.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAK__KzvJMf7VqM7i=+sbbACR0i43eY7CayJn5YcgWYRWLLuXyw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:39:33 +0000
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 29 Nov 2012, at 20:53, George Herbert <george.herbert@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> The assertion being made here, that it's somehow illegal (or immoral,
> or scary) for there to be not-completely-traceable internet access in
> the US, is absurd.
The real issue here is *not* the legality of the act of providing a Tor =
exit node, or an open access point, or anything else. In sensible =
countries that is perfectly legal. The problem here is the reality of =
undergoing a criminal investigation.=20
Think carefully about the impact of having everything in your life which =
runs an operating system taken away. Phones. Tablet. Laptop. Servers. =
All portable drives, data. If you rely on that hardware for your income =
=10(and who doesn't?) you're going to have to buy all of that again. And =
restore your data, if you are able.=20
--=20
Will
