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I imagine that you're right, but it feels like a really weird case to choose to prosecute.
by thefifthsetpin 6y ago
I imagine that you're right, but it feels like a really weird case to choose to prosecute.
- stonesweep 6y agoDuring the EFF "run a tor node" challenge a few years back, I learned that many cloud providers (a) hold you responsible for any traffic transgressing your proxy, and (b) generally were OK with running a relay node but not an exit node. Responses varied provider by provider, some have written rules some do not. Point being there are already discussions about the relay topic with cloud providers and it's not a weird edge case to me (and the law in your jurisdiction may have a strong opinion on this), I imagine there are legal things about where you live vs. where the server lives which also matter.
- bigiain 6y agoSure. But then one day they come and "ask" you to backdoor your employers platform. And when you say "WTF???" they start talking about terrorism charges for the VPS/proxy you ran back in 2021 in violation of Iranian sanctions. Chilling effects are real. Laws they can "choose to prosecute" or not, just means they have more ways to coerce you if they want...