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> Generally, it's best not to run Tor relays from home as services will start to blacklist your IP as a proxy. Conversely, if you're engaging in illegal online
by cwkoss 7y ago
> Generally, it's best not to run Tor relays from home as services will start to blacklist your IP as a proxy.
Conversely, if you're engaging in illegal online behavior from your home IP, intermittently running a TOR exit node could be a useful mechanism for creating plausible deniability.
- jvehent 7y agoIANAL, and I wouldn't try explaining that to a prosecutor or a federal judge...
- 867-5309 7y agowhat's stopping someone running an exit node through a "no logs" VPN? (serious question)
- vorticalbox 7y agoNothing.
- cwkoss 7y ago"TOR was developed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory and funded by DARPA to help U.S. intelligence and foreign freedom fighters communicate under oppressive regimes. I run this exit node to support their patriotic work to protect freedom abroad. I have no control of the traffic that emerges, and I don't collect logs in order to protect covert intelligence operations."