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This is barely content. "We got subpoenaed and our lawyer told the FBI we didn't have any logs and they never contacted us again." Ok, great.

mordocai 11y ago
The point is to be a counterpoint to all the tor exit node horror stories. The point is not to have interesting content.
tn13 11y ago
I think this was an extremely useful thing to know. Having a good lawyer on your side helps. Thats is the lesson I learned.
- hisabness 11y ago
  how do you know the lawyer is good? i agree her letter was effective in this instance.
Lawtonfogle 11y ago
It is like studies that say 'we tried X and nothing happened'. No where near as interesting, but we should still consider it important.
dcminter 11y ago
On the contrary, it fights publication bias - it's important for the same reason that it's important that scientists publish negative results and don't just leave them in the proverbial drawer.
Zigurd 11y ago
It's very useful information what with the scaremongering going on about Tor
- scurvy 11y ago
  Do you run a tor exit node? If not, why? If you're going to call it scaremongering, at least admit that there are very legitimate fears for most people.
  - tedks 11y ago
    I don't want to pay for a Tor exit node. But back when it was okay (for the network -- slow nodes now do more harm than good), I ran one from my house. I would not say that anything that has a <1% frequency is a "very legitimate" fear. What there actually is, is a legitimate chilling effect. Horror stories about running Tor nodes are direct attacks against the Tor network via a social channel. It wouldn't surprise me if typical actors were behind them, either, given the proclivity of virtually all governments to sockpuppet on social media.
    - deciplex 11y ago
      > I would not say that anything that has a <1% frequency is a "very legitimate" fear. That's an awfully broad statement. You might want to rethink it. I don't think you'd do air travel if there was merely a <1% chance the plane would crash.
  - glass- 11y ago
    I run multiple exits and consider much of what is written about the risks of running exit nodes to be overblown scaremongering, so it is nice to see an article about the actual reality of running exits: it's boring. There are legitimate fears for people living in certain countries but many of the people handwringing about it aren't in those countries.
    - jlgaddis 11y ago
      If you don't mind sharing, are you and your exit nodes in .us?

mordocai 11y ago

The point is to be a counterpoint to all the tor exit node horror stories. The point is not to have interesting content.

tn13 11y ago

I think this was an extremely useful thing to know. Having a good lawyer on your side helps. Thats is the lesson I learned.

hisabness 11y ago
how do you know the lawyer is good? i agree her letter was effective in this instance.

Lawtonfogle 11y ago

It is like studies that say 'we tried X and nothing happened'. No where near as interesting, but we should still consider it important.

dcminter 11y ago

On the contrary, it fights publication bias - it's important for the same reason that it's important that scientists publish negative results and don't just leave them in the proverbial drawer.

Zigurd 11y ago

It's very useful information what with the scaremongering going on about Tor

scurvy 11y ago
Do you run a tor exit node? If not, why? If you're going to call it scaremongering, at least admit that there are very legitimate fears for most people.
- tedks 11y ago
  I don't want to pay for a Tor exit node. But back when it was okay (for the network -- slow nodes now do more harm than good), I ran one from my house. I would not say that anything that has a <1% frequency is a "very legitimate" fear. What there actually is, is a legitimate chilling effect. Horror stories about running Tor nodes are direct attacks against the Tor network via a social channel. It wouldn't surprise me if typical actors were behind them, either, given the proclivity of virtually all governments to sockpuppet on social media.
  - deciplex 11y ago
    > I would not say that anything that has a <1% frequency is a "very legitimate" fear. That's an awfully broad statement. You might want to rethink it. I don't think you'd do air travel if there was merely a <1% chance the plane would crash.
- glass- 11y ago
  I run multiple exits and consider much of what is written about the risks of running exit nodes to be overblown scaremongering, so it is nice to see an article about the actual reality of running exits: it's boring. There are legitimate fears for people living in certain countries but many of the people handwringing about it aren't in those countries.
  - jlgaddis 11y ago
    If you don't mind sharing, are you and your exit nodes in .us?