▲ 360 ▼ Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget (www.engadget.com) submitted 3 years ago by seasonone@opidea.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org 152 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It's not bullshit. If A has proof your system launched an attack, or sent CSAM, to another system, but your only defense is "I let anyone use my system in that way", then at the very least you're an accomplice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It is bullshit, because it puts the onus of policing everything on any service provider. If a TOR exit node provider is responsible for all traffic through their node, then an ISP is responsible for all traffic through them to their users - yet it is not reasonable for ISP's to do this. Nor should it be acceptable by law and even less so if the purpose is for law enforcement to bypass the warrant system by having private parties do the investigation for them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Well, the law enforcement ship has sailed a long time ago, it's more of a flotilla by now. Data communication service providers (including ISPs) have some customer identification and data retention requirements in exchange for immunity from the data itself, but otherwise —reasonabke or not— there are more and more traffic policing laws that get introduced for ISPs to abide. By starting a Tor Exit node, you become a service provider, and the same laws start to apply. It's no joke that we live in a surveillance state, just that some go "full surveillance" like China, while others go "slightly less in-your-face surveillance" like the US/EU. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It is bullshit, because it puts the onus of policing everything on any service provider. If a TOR exit node provider is responsible for all traffic through their node, then an ISP is responsible for all traffic through them to their users - yet it is not reasonable for ISP's to do this. Nor should it be acceptable by law and even less so if the purpose is for law enforcement to bypass the warrant system by having private parties do the investigation for them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Well, the law enforcement ship has sailed a long time ago, it's more of a flotilla by now. Data communication service providers (including ISPs) have some customer identification and data retention requirements in exchange for immunity from the data itself, but otherwise —reasonabke or not— there are more and more traffic policing laws that get introduced for ISPs to abide. By starting a Tor Exit node, you become a service provider, and the same laws start to apply. It's no joke that we live in a surveillance state, just that some go "full surveillance" like China, while others go "slightly less in-your-face surveillance" like the US/EU. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Well, the law enforcement ship has sailed a long time ago, it's more of a flotilla by now. Data communication service providers (including ISPs) have some customer identification and data retention requirements in exchange for immunity from the data itself, but otherwise —reasonabke or not— there are more and more traffic policing laws that get introduced for ISPs to abide. By starting a Tor Exit node, you become a service provider, and the same laws start to apply. It's no joke that we live in a surveillance state, just that some go "full surveillance" like China, while others go "slightly less in-your-face surveillance" like the US/EU. permalink fedilink source parent