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RE: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.
From: "Naslund, Steve" <SNaslund () medline com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:06:48 -0600
How would this be legally different than receiving the illegal content in an envelope and anonymously forwarding the envelope via the post office? I am pretty sure you are still liable since you were the sender. I realize that there are special postal regulations but I think that agreeing to forward anything for anyone sight unseen is pretty risky and I think you will have a hard time pulling of the "service provider" defense if you are not selling services and are not licensed as a carrier. Steven Naslund -----Original Message----- From: Patrick W. Gilmore [mailto:patrick () ianai net] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:45 AM To: NANOG list Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:17 , Barry Shein <bzs () world std com> wrote:
Back in the early days of the public internet we didn't require any id to create an account, just that you found a way to pay us. We had anonymous accts some of whom dropped by personally to pay their bill, some said hello but I usually didn't know their names and that's how they wanted it, I'd answer "hello <ACCOUNT>", whatever their login was
if I recognized them. Some mailed in something, a mail order, even currency tho that was rare but it did happen, or had someone else drop
by to pay in cash (that is, no idea if they were local.) LEO occasionally served a warrant for information, usually child porn biz (more than just accessing child porn, selling it) tho I don't remember any anonymous accts being involved.
"Mere conduit" defense. (Please do not anyone mention "common carrier status" or the like, ISPs are _not_ common carriers.)
I never expected to be held accountable for anyone's behavior unless I
was knowingly involved somehow (just the usual caveat.) LEO never showed any particular interest in the fact that we were ok with anonymous accounts. If I was made aware of illegal activities we'd shut them off, didn't really happen much, maybe some credible "hacking" complaint on occasion.
How do you "shut off" a Tor "account"?
It's funny, it's all illusion like show business. It's not hard to set
up anonymous service, crap, just drop in at any wi-fi hotspot, many just ask you to click that you accept their T&Cs and you're on. Would they raid them, I was just using one at a major hospital this week that was just like that, if someone used that for child porn etc? But I guess stick your nose out and say you're specifically offering anon accts and watch out I guess.
Do you think if the police found out child pr0n was being served from a starbux they wouldn't confiscate the equipment from that store? -- TTFN, patrick
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- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can., (continued)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Patrick W. Gilmore (Nov 29)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. William Herrin (Nov 29)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Jimmy Hess (Nov 30)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Rayson Ho (Nov 30)
- RE: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Naslund, Steve (Nov 30)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. William Herrin (Nov 30)
- RE: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Naslund, Steve (Nov 30)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Michael Painter (Nov 30)
- RE: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Naslund, Steve (Nov 30)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Jay Ashworth (Nov 29)
- RE: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Naslund, Steve (Nov 29)
- RE: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Scott Berkman (Nov 29)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Jay Ashworth (Nov 29)
- RE: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Naslund, Steve (Nov 29)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Jim Mercer (Nov 29)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Kyle Creyts (Nov 29)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Eugen Leitl (Nov 29)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. elijah wright (Nov 29)
- Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. George Herbert (Nov 29)