[158438] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Painter)
Fri Nov 30 02:43:52 2012
From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
To: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:44:38 -1000
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Joakim Aronius wrote:
> Lets assume that some child pr0n dealer used this Tor exit node, is it not reasonable if the police wants to see if
> there are
> logs that make it possible to catch the sleazebag? Should LE ignore crime if it originates from a network which operates
> a Tor
> exit node?
>
> I am all for being anonymous on the net but I seriously believe that we still need to enforce the law when it comes to
> serious
> felonies like child pr0n, organized crime etc, we can't give them a free pass just by using Tor. I dont think it should
> be
> illegal to operate a Tor exit node but what just happened could be a consequence of doing it.
>
> Of course they might not know abot Tor and believes that it is Mr Williams that is the bad guy.
>
> /J
Wouldn't Austrian LEA need possession/knowledge of this pr0n site in order to determine the exit node that was using it?
