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"full sets of data" seem to include Tor exit node IP addresses (public information that you can obtain from the Tor directory service) and a few possible real I
by nightpool 11y ago
"full sets of data" seem to include Tor exit node IP addresses (public information that you can obtain from the Tor directory service) and a few possible real IP addresses—but not ones he can directly tie to any actual CP. As he says, "Admittedly, after introducing the security scanner, traffic patterns changed. Scans on the server dropped and some of the users who opted to run the software appeared to be government or private researchers. Most visitors were reluctant to run the security scanner." Later he says that between 4 and 7 percent of his registered users ran the scanner. He never says how many registered users he had, and never said how many uploaded child porn or could be directly connected to it (and how many of those ran the scanner)
I'm not surprised the FBI turned him down.
- geek_slop 11y agoI have already shut down the VM but I believe there were around 550-650 registered users in 14 days. Around 40-60 new registrations per day. Total registrations for counterfeiting+drugs sites: 8. Since the article went out, someone pointed out to me that one popular pedo .onion site has 90,000 registered users.