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By blocking a Tor exit you do not block the Tor network, as new exits are created all the time. Also the person doing the abusive behaviour, can continue withou
by derrida 15y ago
By blocking a Tor exit you do not block the Tor network, as new exits are created all the time. Also the person doing the abusive behaviour, can continue without restriction, but you then frustrate users in regimes that do not have free speech.
So if you know an abusive user came from a Tor exit node, support freedom and don't block it. Block the user.
You may be running a forum, or some other way users can post to a site. Consider that while you might block an abusive user, you are also blocking people in countries that do not have a first amendment and speech is an issue of life or death.
Support free speech: allow Tor exit nodes. :-)
- idont 15y agoI have no choice: i block Tor exits by IP. Why? Scammers use Tor to pass country filtering... One of our customer found out that his ip was in our fraud log because his exit was use by African/Eastern European scammers. He suddenly realised that Tor was not only a free speach vector but also a tool used to scammers. Also that in case of ip identification he would have to deal with the police... He shut his exit down...