Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

Yes, but if you are operating a TOR node, it's not entirely clear to me that you are not actually an ISP (whether you
realize that or not).

You are, after all, providing a form of internet access to non-paying customers.

Owen

On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:58 , Tom Beecher <tbeecher () localnet com> wrote:

> Not really comparable.
>
> Speaking from a US point of view, ISPs has strong legal protections isolating them from culpability for the actions 
> of their customers. I know internationally things are different, but here in the US the ISP doesn't get dinged, 
> except in certain cases where they are legally required to remove access to material and don't.
>
> End users have no such protections that I'm aware of that cover them similarly.
>
> On 11/29/2012 2:50 PM, George Herbert wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Tom Beecher <tbeecher () localnet com> wrote:
> > > Assuming it's true, it was bound to happen. Running anything , TOR or
> > > otherwise, that allows strangers to do whatever they want is just folly.
> > Such as, say, an Internet Service Provider business?
> >
> > ...