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> Interesting how many downvotes I got here... Maybe you should stop spreading misinformation then: ISPs are not generally required to log IPs, neither on glob

> Interesting how many downvotes I got here... Maybe you should stop spreading misinformation then: ISPs are not generally required to log IPs, neither on global scale, nor on European scale, nor on Austrian scale. The last two ISPs I've used, for example, were both exempted from the recently passed data retention law. The irony is that the raided guy owns an ISP himself that (as far as I know) wouldn't be required to log IPs. If the data would have been distributed directly over that equipment, he would not be liable. Even if I'm wrong and he would have been required to keep logs and didn't, he could only be charged with that particular offense. But since the traffic went over Tor he is now at risk to getting his life ruined.

baak 14y ago
A surprising amount of people seem to be just flat out defending child pornography itself, actually. The fact that everyone talks about it so nonchalant is frightening. People seem to care more about this guy's life being ruined than all the kids' lives ruined.
- Karunamon 14y ago
  The civil liberties encroachments perpetrated in the guise of "stopping child porn" do a hell of a lot more damage to a hell of a lot more people than all the child porn ever produced.
  - baak 14y ago
    I honestly can't tell if you're being serious or not. I'd like to know how you measure the damage done to a child who is raped on film, much less all of them. "A lot more damage"... I guess you're right though. Children being victimized is a small price to pay for free movies on bittorrent.
    - Karunamon 14y ago
      >Children being victimized is a small price to pay for free movies on bittorrent. If you're going to go straight to the "hurr this is just about piracy" stupidity there's no need to waste any time talking with you.
      - baak 14y ago
        Oh really? Why don't you tell me exactly what is you won't give up to stop the rape of a child. Go ahead. And none of this "civil liberties" cop out. Give me a specific thing you could do with Tor that you can't otherwise that is worth more to you than stopping the molestation of children.
        Karunamon 14y ago
        Get off your high horse. Me? Personally? I don't have a use for Tor. (Yet.) I can't speak for any other user though. I've never had some information that I wanted to get out that could get me in serious trouble or needed to access some information my government deemed punishable for accessing. I haven't ever required anonymity beyond what a simple proxy can provide. What about people in oppressive regimes? China? Korea? Various middle east countries? Do you really think you can speak for every user in the world? More importantly, are you ready to silence an unknowable amount of people to prevent people from jerking off to a picture? Do you really think that if some AI was spun up tomorrow that could completely erase child porn from the internet transparently, that children would stop being abused? I like how you handwave "civil liberties" too. Really if you're a user of this site you should be well aware of the expansions of government power attempted and passed in the cloak of "stopping the molestation of children" (which is a bit like stopping piracy actually, in that both are endless battles that can't be won). Want to drastically curtail civil liberties or give police a ton of power? Name your bill the "anti child abuse and pornography prevention act" or similar and it becomes untouchable.
      - baak 14y ago
        The real screwed up part about all this is the fact that naming of bills has you somehow convinced that child pornography isn't a big deal. You think it's about jerking off to a picture?? That's sickening. The fact that some politician out there has tried to push a bill that he shouldn't under the guise of protecting children has NOTHING to do with a raid on a Tor operator here.
- retrogradeorbit 14y ago
  If people are so worried about the "kids' lives ruined" maybe people should be more angry when real, high level, child abuse rings are exposed, then the police that expose them are fired, and the politicians and royalty associated with the perpetrators cover it all up. One example from Europe: The Marc Dutroux case. Another example from the US: The Franklin Coverup. The real child pedo rings, the ones that are the real danger, are composed of powerful people who work in corporations, levels of government, the judiciary, and royalty. As they say, this one goes right to the top. Sorry to ruin your day, but the global pedo ring will never be stopped until the the system allows powerful and connected perpetrators to be prosecuted. Busting some ISP Tor supporter, guilty or not, is going to do nothing to the real global child crime networks.
- flyinRyan 14y ago
  Your post is a disgusting appeal to emotion, and a useless one at that. "Think of the children!". What would you have us do? Crucify this guy who may not be guilty of anything but protecting free speech? You can go on spouting your nonsense about Tor just being for CP and downloading media, but the internet is getting more and more censored every day. Someone went to jail in India for clicking "like" on a post that spoke out against a politicians. How long until this comes to your country? Things like Tor are the only thing that will keep the internet free over the long term, if it can be done at all. But no, let's just shut the whole thing down and go back to smoke signals because some asshole out there might otherwise see a picture of a naked kid that was taken 20 years ago.

baak 14y ago

A surprising amount of people seem to be just flat out defending child pornography itself, actually. The fact that everyone talks about it so nonchalant is frightening. People seem to care more about this guy's life being ruined than all the kids' lives ruined.

Karunamon 14y ago
The civil liberties encroachments perpetrated in the guise of "stopping child porn" do a hell of a lot more damage to a hell of a lot more people than all the child porn ever produced.
- baak 14y ago
  I honestly can't tell if you're being serious or not. I'd like to know how you measure the damage done to a child who is raped on film, much less all of them. "A lot more damage"... I guess you're right though. Children being victimized is a small price to pay for free movies on bittorrent.
  - Karunamon 14y ago
    >Children being victimized is a small price to pay for free movies on bittorrent. If you're going to go straight to the "hurr this is just about piracy" stupidity there's no need to waste any time talking with you.
    - baak 14y ago
      Oh really? Why don't you tell me exactly what is you won't give up to stop the rape of a child. Go ahead. And none of this "civil liberties" cop out. Give me a specific thing you could do with Tor that you can't otherwise that is worth more to you than stopping the molestation of children.
      - Karunamon 14y ago
        Get off your high horse. Me? Personally? I don't have a use for Tor. (Yet.) I can't speak for any other user though. I've never had some information that I wanted to get out that could get me in serious trouble or needed to access some information my government deemed punishable for accessing. I haven't ever required anonymity beyond what a simple proxy can provide. What about people in oppressive regimes? China? Korea? Various middle east countries? Do you really think you can speak for every user in the world? More importantly, are you ready to silence an unknowable amount of people to prevent people from jerking off to a picture? Do you really think that if some AI was spun up tomorrow that could completely erase child porn from the internet transparently, that children would stop being abused? I like how you handwave "civil liberties" too. Really if you're a user of this site you should be well aware of the expansions of government power attempted and passed in the cloak of "stopping the molestation of children" (which is a bit like stopping piracy actually, in that both are endless battles that can't be won). Want to drastically curtail civil liberties or give police a ton of power? Name your bill the "anti child abuse and pornography prevention act" or similar and it becomes untouchable.
    - baak 14y ago
      The real screwed up part about all this is the fact that naming of bills has you somehow convinced that child pornography isn't a big deal. You think it's about jerking off to a picture?? That's sickening. The fact that some politician out there has tried to push a bill that he shouldn't under the guise of protecting children has NOTHING to do with a raid on a Tor operator here.
retrogradeorbit 14y ago
If people are so worried about the "kids' lives ruined" maybe people should be more angry when real, high level, child abuse rings are exposed, then the police that expose them are fired, and the politicians and royalty associated with the perpetrators cover it all up. One example from Europe: The Marc Dutroux case. Another example from the US: The Franklin Coverup. The real child pedo rings, the ones that are the real danger, are composed of powerful people who work in corporations, levels of government, the judiciary, and royalty. As they say, this one goes right to the top. Sorry to ruin your day, but the global pedo ring will never be stopped until the the system allows powerful and connected perpetrators to be prosecuted. Busting some ISP Tor supporter, guilty or not, is going to do nothing to the real global child crime networks.
flyinRyan 14y ago
Your post is a disgusting appeal to emotion, and a useless one at that. "Think of the children!". What would you have us do? Crucify this guy who may not be guilty of anything but protecting free speech? You can go on spouting your nonsense about Tor just being for CP and downloading media, but the internet is getting more and more censored every day. Someone went to jail in India for clicking "like" on a post that spoke out against a politicians. How long until this comes to your country? Things like Tor are the only thing that will keep the internet free over the long term, if it can be done at all. But no, let's just shut the whole thing down and go back to smoke signals because some asshole out there might otherwise see a picture of a naked kid that was taken 20 years ago.