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They were not hosting any CP. That is not proven. As it stands, this is a simple service takedown. Actually, this is speculation added by the sensationalist htt

They were not hosting any CP. That is not proven. As it stands, this is a simple service takedown. Actually, this is speculation added by the sensationalist https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com website, the original source doesn't even mention it. I mean, they even believe this is a zero day attack, I can't simply trust the quality of any information there. Edit: they updated the link, here's the old link - https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/11/21/hacker-erases-6500-sites-from-the-dark-web https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/11/21/hacker-erases-65...

busterarm 8y ago
Again, if it walks like a duck. Freedom Hosting was the biggest service and it served CP. Freedom Hosting II was the biggest service and it served CP. Daniel's Hosting was the biggest service -- what do you think it served? CP is the reason Operation DarkNet et al target these platforms for destruction.
- dejaime 8y ago
  Yeah, and if his skin is dark and he has a hoodie, he's probably a criminal. This "if I think they are guilty it means they are" will never work. That's the problem with prejudices, the people who have them can never see beyond them.
  - busterarm 8y ago
    Sorry, no matter how much you want to defend such behavior, having preconceptions about people who host platforms that are welcoming to pedophiles isn't the same thing as having preconceptions about people based on their race. The former is a prejudice against someone based on their chosen behavior and the latter based on inherent qualities they are born with. Also, I wasn't aware that "people who engage in or support child exploitation" were a protected class. You're still trying to put words in my mouth, but by all means keep defending the despicable.
  - dejaime 8y ago
    They did not welcome, protect, support nor engage in child pornography.
    - busterarm 8y ago
      hosting that very sort of platform welcomes child pornography as is demonstrated by every such sort of platform or service that's come before it and I'm not talking about just the history of Tor hosting here. We used to find the same thing with free hosting, chatrooms and shell accounts in the 90s. It's already a matter of law (in most western countries) that hosts have some amount of responsibility for what users of their platforms distribute and that's why other hosting services aren't structured this way.

busterarm 8y ago

Again, if it walks like a duck. Freedom Hosting was the biggest service and it served CP. Freedom Hosting II was the biggest service and it served CP. Daniel's Hosting was the biggest service -- what do you think it served? CP is the reason Operation DarkNet et al target these platforms for destruction.

dejaime 8y ago
Yeah, and if his skin is dark and he has a hoodie, he's probably a criminal. This "if I think they are guilty it means they are" will never work. That's the problem with prejudices, the people who have them can never see beyond them.
- busterarm 8y ago
  Sorry, no matter how much you want to defend such behavior, having preconceptions about people who host platforms that are welcoming to pedophiles isn't the same thing as having preconceptions about people based on their race. The former is a prejudice against someone based on their chosen behavior and the latter based on inherent qualities they are born with. Also, I wasn't aware that "people who engage in or support child exploitation" were a protected class. You're still trying to put words in my mouth, but by all means keep defending the despicable.
- dejaime 8y ago
  They did not welcome, protect, support nor engage in child pornography.
  - busterarm 8y ago
    hosting that very sort of platform welcomes child pornography as is demonstrated by every such sort of platform or service that's come before it and I'm not talking about just the history of Tor hosting here. We used to find the same thing with free hosting, chatrooms and shell accounts in the 90s. It's already a matter of law (in most western countries) that hosts have some amount of responsibility for what users of their platforms distribute and that's why other hosting services aren't structured this way.