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Yeah, who doesn't want their house raided because some auto-updated browser extension has turned into a trojan and is serving as a proxy? You are very far off

Yeah, who doesn't want their house raided because some auto-updated browser extension has turned into a trojan and is serving as a proxy? You are very far off the mark.

cutemonster 6y ago
> house raided Because the ones who used one's residential IP as a proxy, accessed a very illegal website? And the the police visit the IP address?
FDSGSG 6y ago
Do you have any examples of this actually happening?
- buzer 6y ago
  Not specifically due to extension, but there are plenty of cases where people hosting tor exit nodes get raided. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/07/05/tor-linked-nonprofit-raided-by-police/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/07/05/tor-linked-nonpr... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160406/08211234116/law-enforcement-raids-another-tor-exit-node-because-it-still-believes-ip-address-is-person.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160406/08211234116/law-e... https://www.itnews.com.au/news/tor-exit-node-operator-raided-by-police-324804 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/tor-exit-node-operator-raided... https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/6283/raided-for-running-a-tor-exit-accepting-donations-for-legal-expenses https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/6283/raided-for-runnin... https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/eff-tor-legal-faq/ https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/e... Nothing really prevents same thing happening when it's VPN service's exit node (except maybe the fact that people doing illegal things would usually choose tor over VPN provider (though more technical ones are likely using both)).
  - FDSGSG 6y ago
    The traffic coming over Tor is completely different than the traffic coming over Hola & co. You can't seriously compare the two. Try signing up for a luminati account, they do pretty good KYC. Besides, the prices are probably going to keep most criminals far away.

Yeah, who doesn't want their house raided because some auto-updated browser extension has turned into a trojan and is serving as a proxy? You are very far off the mark.

cutemonster 6y ago

> house raided Because the ones who used one's residential IP as a proxy, accessed a very illegal website? And the the police visit the IP address?

FDSGSG 6y ago

Do you have any examples of this actually happening?

buzer 6y ago
Not specifically due to extension, but there are plenty of cases where people hosting tor exit nodes get raided. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/07/05/tor-linked-nonprofit-raided-by-police/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/07/05/tor-linked-nonpr... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160406/08211234116/law-enforcement-raids-another-tor-exit-node-because-it-still-believes-ip-address-is-person.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160406/08211234116/law-e... https://www.itnews.com.au/news/tor-exit-node-operator-raided-by-police-324804 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/tor-exit-node-operator-raided... https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/6283/raided-for-running-a-tor-exit-accepting-donations-for-legal-expenses https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/6283/raided-for-runnin... https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/eff-tor-legal-faq/ https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/e... Nothing really prevents same thing happening when it's VPN service's exit node (except maybe the fact that people doing illegal things would usually choose tor over VPN provider (though more technical ones are likely using both)).
- FDSGSG 6y ago
  The traffic coming over Tor is completely different than the traffic coming over Hola & co. You can't seriously compare the two. Try signing up for a luminati account, they do pretty good KYC. Besides, the prices are probably going to keep most criminals far away.