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The real question is the kind of liability you take on when running a tor node on a machine that "belongs" to you (for some definition of belong). Another is t

The real question is the kind of liability you take on when running a tor node on a machine that "belongs" to you (for some definition of belong). Another is to find a place that will agree to power your machine and allow it to hook in to the ethernet if it runs a tor node. At any rate, running a tor node isn't as simple as running apt-get.

GoblinSlayer 7y ago
BBC fights censorship in China, you would do the same by running a tor node.
- smrq 7y ago
  When the secret police show up at your door, be sure to tell them that. I'm sure they will leave you alone.
- JCharante 7y ago
  I wonder what other places the BBC is blocked in. I know there's a DNS block in Viet Nam.
  - DarkmSparks 7y ago
    Unfortunately not everywhere. Dishonest war mongering scum entirely infested by project mockingbird. Not to mention the undying support for the family the US literally went to war with to escape the grasp of and celebrates winning every single year. (aka independence day) A few oddball stories about Muslims artists inspired by the female body (I kid you not) https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-50101358/art-starts-conversations-about-being-a-black-muslim-woman https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-50101358/art-starts-conv... Does not make up for the blood on their hands.
thisisnico 7y ago
Is it possible to operate a TOR node through a corporate entity? The corporation assumes liability as does insurance.
- Scirra_Tom 7y ago
  That's not how liability works. People within the business will be on the line if the business is acting criminally.
- flatiron 7y ago
  You aren’t liable as a tor exit operator. That doesn’t mean you won’t get involved in nonsense or won’t be forced to get a lawyer to prove that but in the end you aren’t liable.
jandrese 7y ago
Running an entry or exit node is kinda risky since your IP will be associated with a lot of illegal content. Running an intermediary node is much safer. All kinds of nodes are important for the network. The amount of configuration you need to run a node isn't terribly difficult. There is plenty of documentation online and really it's just changing a few lines in the config file. The Tor daemon is pretty good about pointing out potentially undesirable configuration options if you watch the log file on startup.
- flatiron 7y ago
  Just exit nodes are dangerous. FYI All relays are entry nodes.
blfr 7y ago
I run two relay nodes. It is exactly as simple as running apt-get and editing the config.

GoblinSlayer 7y ago

BBC fights censorship in China, you would do the same by running a tor node.

smrq 7y ago
When the secret police show up at your door, be sure to tell them that. I'm sure they will leave you alone.
JCharante 7y ago
I wonder what other places the BBC is blocked in. I know there's a DNS block in Viet Nam.
- DarkmSparks 7y ago
  Unfortunately not everywhere. Dishonest war mongering scum entirely infested by project mockingbird. Not to mention the undying support for the family the US literally went to war with to escape the grasp of and celebrates winning every single year. (aka independence day) A few oddball stories about Muslims artists inspired by the female body (I kid you not) https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-50101358/art-starts-conversations-about-being-a-black-muslim-woman https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-50101358/art-starts-conv... Does not make up for the blood on their hands.

thisisnico 7y ago

Is it possible to operate a TOR node through a corporate entity? The corporation assumes liability as does insurance.

Scirra_Tom 7y ago
That's not how liability works. People within the business will be on the line if the business is acting criminally.
flatiron 7y ago
You aren’t liable as a tor exit operator. That doesn’t mean you won’t get involved in nonsense or won’t be forced to get a lawyer to prove that but in the end you aren’t liable.

jandrese 7y ago

Running an entry or exit node is kinda risky since your IP will be associated with a lot of illegal content. Running an intermediary node is much safer. All kinds of nodes are important for the network. The amount of configuration you need to run a node isn't terribly difficult. There is plenty of documentation online and really it's just changing a few lines in the config file. The Tor daemon is pretty good about pointing out potentially undesirable configuration options if you watch the log file on startup.

flatiron 7y ago
Just exit nodes are dangerous. FYI All relays are entry nodes.

blfr 7y ago

I run two relay nodes. It is exactly as simple as running apt-get and editing the config.