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

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Lehmann
yle.cre...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 2:52 PM > To: Jeroen van Aart > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please > help if you can. > > In most jurisdictions, wouldn't using a de-gaussing ring in the door > fra

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

2012-12-17 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 12/18/12, Henry Yen wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 20:45:04AM -0600, Jimmy Hess wrote: > Physical threat is somewhat different than seizure by law enforcement, > though. I'm not so sure about that. It's a kind of physical threat; the set of all physical threats includes a subset of threat

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

2012-12-17 Thread Henry Yen
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 20:45:04AM -0600, Jimmy Hess wrote: > If you _must_ be able to protect data from extreme > physical threats: keep it encrypted end to end at all times, Physical threat is somewhat different than seizure by law enforcement, though. Although mooted when authorities decrypt

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

2012-12-17 Thread Jean-Francois Mezei
On 12-12-17 21:45, Jimmy Hess wrote: > Yeah... degaussing rings consume a lot of energy you shouldn't need > to consume. Now now, you clearly have not watched enough scient fiction/action movies... Clearly, you have a mechanism which triggers the degaussing (or neutron bomb in the basement th

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

2012-12-17 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 12/17/12, Mark Andrews wrote: > In message <34925.1355780...@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>, >> On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:28:28 -0500, Peter Kristolaitis said: Yeah... degaussing rings consume a lot of energy you shouldn't need to consume. If you _must_ be able to protect data from extreme physica

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

2012-12-17 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <34925.1355780...@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu writes: > --==_Exmh_1355780734_2398P > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:28:28 -0500, Peter Kristolaitis said: > > > Now, having said all that... I'm not sure I'd want to pay the >

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

2012-12-17 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:28:28 -0500, Peter Kristolaitis said: > Now, having said all that... I'm not sure I'd want to pay the > electricity bill for keeping that degausser running... :p An EMP device doesn't have to chew power all the time... And of course, there's this: http://www.youtube.com/wa

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

2012-12-17 Thread Peter Kristolaitis
Drifting a big off topic for NANOG (but hey, that happens every /pi/ days anyways!), but I'll toss this in... Like every other legal incident, it would be unique to your own situation. Keep in mind that, should any of the charges you mentioned go to court, the prosecution would have to prove

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

2012-12-17 Thread Kyle Creyts
In most jurisdictions, wouldn't using a de-gaussing ring in the door frame to wipe any equipment being removed constitute "tampering with evidence" or interfering with an investigation if the authority in question is in possession of a warrant/subpoena? On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Jeroen van

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

2012-12-17 Thread Jeroen van Aart
On 11/30/2012 02:02 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote: OK, there must be a lot more paranoid people out there than I thought for awhile? I am sure he will let you out to go to the bank, get your stuff, and leave town. I think you have seen way to many movies. So if the cops show up at his door tom

RE: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-12-04 Thread Naslund, Steve
ber 30, 2012 9:20 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On 11/30/12 5:15 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote: > Well, in that case I am really worried that the cops might charge > me with a crime. They took my computers an

RE: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-12-04 Thread Naslund, Steve
[mailto:william.allen.simp...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:20 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On 11/30/12 5:15 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote: > Well, in that case I am really worried that the cops mi

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2012-12-03 Thread Mitar
Hi! Forwarding my answer to tor-talk list. Mitar -- Forwarded message -- From: Mitar Date: Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. To: tor-t...@lists.torproject.org Cc: nanog@nanog.org Hi

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

2012-12-03 Thread Aled Morris
On 3 December 2012 07:19, Joakim Aronius wrote: > I am all for providing anonymized access to help free speech. Perhaps its > better with anon access to specific applications like twitter, fb etc and > not general internet access. I suspect that the 'free speech' part of the > total tor traffic

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

2012-12-02 Thread Joakim Aronius
* Joel jaeggli (joe...@bogus.com) wrote: > On 11/29/12 23:18 , Joakim Aronius wrote: > > > I am all for being anonymous on the net but I seriously believe that > > we still need to enforce the law when it comes to serious felonies > > like child pr0n, organized crime etc, we can't give them a free

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

2012-12-02 Thread Jima
On 2012-12-02 22:44, Michael Painter wrote: Joel jaeggli wrote: The internet is potentially quite a useful tool for getting your message out so long as using it isn't holding a gun to your own head. While we site here with the convenient idea of some legal arbitrage which allows me to do somet

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

2012-12-02 Thread Michael Painter
Joel jaeggli wrote: The internet is potentially quite a useful tool for getting your message out so long as using it isn't holding a gun to your own head. While we site here with the convenient idea of some legal arbitrage which allows me to do something which isn't illegal in my own domain to

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

2012-12-02 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 11/29/12 23:18 , Joakim Aronius wrote: > I am all for being anonymous on the net but I seriously believe that > we still need to enforce the law when it comes to serious felonies > like child pr0n, organized crime etc, we can't give them a free pass > just by using Tor. I dont think it should b

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

2012-12-02 Thread Barry Shein
I think one error being made here is discussing the culpability of law enforcement per se. That's like blaming the UPS delivery person because something you bought from Amazon was misleading. Or praising him/her because it was great. One way of asserting authority over any property is making ver

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

2012-12-01 Thread Jutta Zalud
> The BBC has an article about a similar issue on a Tor exit node in Austria: > Austrian police raid privacy network over child porn > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20554788 actually it is not a "similar case" but the case of William W. that BBC reported. Though with some mistakes: the ser

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

2012-12-01 Thread Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
> Example of an actual warrant: > > > https://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/filenode/inresearchBC/EXHIBIT-A.pdf Please also keep in mind, if it's relevant, that *no warrant* is required for data that is stored by a third-party. Data on a server, TOR or otherwise, would by definition be dat

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

2012-12-01 Thread Dave Crocker
On 12/1/2012 11:01 AM, Jimmy Hess wrote: Anyone, including people off the street, can have opinions about the Law, and opinions about networks. Would you be willing to rely some stranger off the street, with no qualifications, or positive background whatsoever, to start recommending a n

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

2012-12-01 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 12/1/12, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Nov 30, 2012, at 20:25 , Randy Bush wrote: > As for "the legal crap", most of what is posted is not on-topic here. There > are laws & legal implications which are operational, though. And even > though I am not a lawyer, I need to understand them or I

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

2012-12-01 Thread George Herbert
On Dec 1, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: >> >> It amazes me how people feel free to opine on things... > > Actually, what really bugs/amazes me about that thread is that the > person whom this thread was originally about I

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

2012-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Ollie
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > > It amazes me how people feel free to opine on things... Actually, what really bugs/amazes me about that thread is that the person whom this thread was originally about IS NOT EVEN FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. CALEA, DMCA, yadda,

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

2012-12-01 Thread Jean-Francois Mezei
The BBC has an article about a similar issue on a Tor exit node in Austria: Austrian police raid privacy network over child porn http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20554788 ## Austrian police have seized servers that were part of a global anonymous browsing system, after images showing child s

Legal Crap [was: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.]

2012-12-01 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Nov 30, 2012, at 20:25 , Randy Bush wrote: >> Not a lawyer. > > than stfu with the legal crap It amazes me how people feel free to opine on things like networking without a certification, but if you don't have a law degree, suddenly they believe you are incapable of understanding anything

Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-30 Thread Jutta Zalud
am Freitag, 30. November 2012 um 22:30 schrieb NANOG list: > WAIT A SECOND HERE!?!? > I just read below that this guy runs a large ISP in Austria. The info from tor-talk was somewhat misleading. William Weber is not the owner of the ISP. He works there as an administrator. So he runs it (maybe)

Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-30 Thread James Downs
On Nov 30, 2012, at 7:20 PM, William Allen Simpson wrote: > As well you could be, because you appear to have the same name as a > registered sex offender: Hey, that's a fun game: http://www.sexoffenderin.com/reg77161/william_a_simpsonmugshot.htm

Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-30 Thread Randy Bush
> As well you could be, because you appear to have the same name as a > registered sex offender: ok children. can we pull ourselves up out of the mud, please? randy

Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-30 Thread William Allen Simpson
On 11/30/12 5:15 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote: Well, in that case I am really worried that the cops might charge me with a crime. They took my computers and are looking at them. I did not do anything wrong but just in case they decide to charge me with a crime, please send me some money. As

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

2012-11-30 Thread Owen DeLong
> > Not only that, but the list of people who proclaimed their innocence only > to be proven guilty is very long. I can't vouch for countries outside of > the USA, but here at least we don't get subpoenas on a whim. They are > usually part of a very long drawn-out investigation, and they usually a

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

2012-11-30 Thread Randy Bush
> Not a lawyer. than stfu with the legal crap

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

2012-11-30 Thread b.g. white
PROCEDURE FOR SEIZURE OF COMPUTERS AND RELATED DEVICES This search warrant covers and controls the procedure for searching: (1) electronic or computer devices, related equipment or media which has been authorized to be seized pursuant to this warrant on the basis that it is contraband or a direc

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

2012-11-30 Thread Randy Bush
as this thread has moved firmly to legal opinions, i now scan it for postings by folk i know are actual lawyers and whack the rest. if you are a lawyer, but not well known as such, please say so right up front in your message. randy

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

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
PM To: Naslund, Steve; NANOG list Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Naslund, Steve wrote: > I might be reading this the wrong way but it looked to me like the > cops raided his home and the Tor server is hosted off site with an > ISP. T

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

2012-11-30 Thread Michael Painter
Naslund, Steve wrote: I might be reading this the wrong way but it looked to me like the cops raided his home and the Tor server is hosted off site with an ISP. That is what is bugging me so much. The cops raided his house, not the location of the server. If they had tracked the server by its

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

2012-11-30 Thread Jason Baugher
nt: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:21 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help > if you can. > > I didn't say anything about trying to run away. That probably won't > accomplish a whole lot in the long run. But

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

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
PM To: Jimmy Hess Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > On 11/29/12, William Herrin wrote: >> If the computer at IP:port:timestamp transmitted child porn, a >> warrant fo

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

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
012 4:21 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. I didn't say anything about trying to run away. That probably won't accomplish a whole lot in the long run. But when all of your bank accounts and credit cards are f

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

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
)? Steven Naslund -Original Message- From: Eric Wieling [mailto:ewiel...@nyigc.com] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:12 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. >-Original Message- >From: Peter Kristolai

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2012-11-30 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > On 11/29/12, William Herrin wrote: >> If the computer at IP:port:timestamp transmitted child porn, a warrant >> for "all computers" is also too broad. "Computers which use said IP > > As you know, there may always be some uncertainty about whic

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

2012-11-30 Thread Peter Kristolaitis
s show up at his door tomorrow and say "Here's all your stuff back, there was no evidence of a crime.", you are OK with this guys keeping the "defense fund"? Steve -Original Message- From: Peter Kristolaitis [mailto:alte...@alter3d.ca] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 3:

RE: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
- From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:12 PM To: Naslund, Steve; NANOG list Subject: Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. When is the last time you were arrested, or even in a

Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-30 Thread Warren Bailey
legal expenses which i expect to > >> > be around 5000-1 EUR. > >So you know how much it costs to defend a case with unknown charges and >without knowing if you will be arrested yet?!?!?! > >This whole thing sounds flakier with every new detail. > &g

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

2012-11-30 Thread Eric Wieling
>-Original Message- >From: Peter Kristolaitis [mailto:alte...@alter3d.ca] >Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:53 PM >To: nanog@nanog.org >Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if >you can. > > (Note: I don't mean to imply t

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

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
>From: Jimmy Hess [mailto:mysi...@gmail.com] >Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 3:47 PM >To: William Herrin >Cc: NANOG list >Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. >On 11/29/12, William Herrin wrote: >> If the compu

Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-30 Thread Sam Tetherow
r running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. - Forwarded message from Asad Haider - From: Asad Haider Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:37:24 + To: tor-t...@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if

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

2012-11-30 Thread Rayson Ho
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > If they had a qualified technician, they probably wouldn't be raiding > a TOR exit node in the first place; they would have investigated the > matter more thoroughly, and saved precious time. And what if the TOR exit node was in the cloud?

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

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
this guys keeping the "defense fund"? Steve -Original Message- From: Peter Kristolaitis [mailto:alte...@alter3d.ca] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 3:53 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On 11/30/

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

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
ct: RE: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Naslund, Steve wrote: [...] > > When it comes to running an open access point, I think the legal issue > would be negligence. Is it negligence for the 90 year old grandma to > have

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

2012-11-30 Thread Peter Kristolaitis
On 11/30/2012 04:01 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote: I am a little concerned that this guy keeps a safe deposit box with a burner phone and cash around. Is he a CIA agent? :) Anyone who DOESN'T have such things stashed away somewhere is, IMHO, incredibly naive and taking on quite a large amount of

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

2012-11-30 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 11/29/12, William Herrin wrote: > If the computer at IP:port:timestamp transmitted child porn, a warrant > for "all computers" is also too broad. "Computers which use said IP As you know, there may always be some uncertainty about which computer was using a certain IP address at a certain tim

RE: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
ct: Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. - Forwarded message from Asad Haider - From: Asad Haider Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:37:24 +0000 To: tor-t...@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node

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

2012-11-30 Thread Naslund, Steve
>-Original Message- >From: Rich Kulawiec [mailto:r...@gsp.org] >Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 6:59 AM >To: nanog@nanog.org >Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 08:04:02AM -0500, Chris quote

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

2012-11-30 Thread Owen DeLong
On Nov 30, 2012, at 4:58 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 08:04:02AM -0500, Chris quoted (William): >> Yes, it happened to me now as well - Yesterday i got raided for >> someone sharing child pornography over one of my Tor exits. > > Question: what evidence has been published

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

2012-11-30 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Barry Shein wrote: > Yeah, next they'll let just anyone walk down the sidewalk without > identifying themselves. And those are public sidewalks paid for by tax > dollars! If you hang out with criminals, sooner or later you'll encounter a situation where there is

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

2012-11-30 Thread Miles Fidelman
Barry Shein wrote: On November 30, 2012 at 08:18 joa...@aronius.se (Joakim Aronius) wrote: > > I am all for being anonymous on the net but I seriously believe that we still need to enforce the law when it comes to serious felonies like child pr0n, organized crime etc, we can't give them a f

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

2012-11-30 Thread Barry Shein
On November 30, 2012 at 08:18 joa...@aronius.se (Joakim Aronius) wrote: > > I am all for being anonymous on the net but I seriously believe that we > still need to enforce the law when it comes to serious felonies like child > pr0n, organized crime etc, we can't give them a free pass just b

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

2012-11-30 Thread Barry Shein
On November 29, 2012 at 11:50 george.herb...@gmail.com (George Herbert) wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Tom Beecher 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. > > Su

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

2012-11-30 Thread b.g. white
>I think if they took the cash registers too the >Starbucks lawyer would be in court an hour later >with a motion to quash in one hand and an offer of >full cooperation in the other. >Regards, Bill Herrin The standard, in the U.S., is "any electronic device capable of storing data".

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2012-11-30 Thread Jeroen Massar
On 2012-11-30 13:51 , Joakim Aronius wrote: > * Will Hargrave (w...@harg.net) wrote: >> >> On 29 Nov 2012, at 20:53, George Herbert >> wrote: >> >>> The assertion being made here, that it's somehow illegal (or >>> immoral, or scary) for there to be not-completely-traceable >>> internet access in

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

2012-11-30 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 08:04:02AM -0500, Chris quoted (William): > Yes, it happened to me now as well - Yesterday i got raided for > someone sharing child pornography over one of my Tor exits. Question: what evidence has been published -- that is, placed somewhere that we can all see it -- that s

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

2012-11-30 Thread Joakim Aronius
* Will Hargrave (w...@harg.net) wrote: > > On 29 Nov 2012, at 20:53, George Herbert wrote: > > > The assertion being made here, that it's somehow illegal (or immoral, > > or scary) for there to be not-completely-traceable internet access in > > the US, is absurd. > > The real issue here is *not

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

2012-11-29 Thread Michael Painter
Joakim Aronius wrote: Lets assume that some child pr0n dealer used this Tor exit node, is it not reasonable if the police wants to see if there are logs that make it possible to catch the sleazebag? Should LE ignore crime if it originates from a network which operates a Tor exit node? I am all

Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-29 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Asad Haider - From: Asad Haider Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:37:24 + To: tor-t...@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Reply-To: tor-t...@lists.torproject.org William will

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

2012-11-29 Thread Joakim Aronius
* Patrick W. Gilmore (patr...@ianai.net) wrote: > On Nov 29, 2012, at 12:58 , Barry Shein wrote: > > It would seem like they'd have to confiscate the equipment at every > > Starbucks in their jurisdiction, which could be every one in the US > > for example. > > They didn't confiscate every Tor ex

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

2012-11-29 Thread Owen DeLong
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 wrote: > Not really compara

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2012-11-29 Thread Kyle Creyts
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Jim Mercer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 01:19:19PM -0600, Naslund, Steve wrote: >> I think the best analogy I would use in defense is something like the >> pre-paid cellular phones that are sold. That is about the only >> anonymous communications service I can

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

2012-11-29 Thread Will Hargrave
On 29 Nov 2012, at 20:53, George Herbert wrote: > The assertion being made here, that it's somehow illegal (or immoral, > or scary) for there to be not-completely-traceable internet access in > the US, is absurd. The real issue here is *not* the legality of the act of providing a Tor exit node

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

2012-11-29 Thread Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Naslund, Steve wrote: [...] When it comes to running an open access point, I think the legal issue would be negligence. Is it negligence for the 90 year old grandma to have an open AP (probably not, just didn't know better)? Is it negligence for me to have an open AP (pro

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

2012-11-29 Thread Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
Comments deep below. On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Miles Fidelman wrote: Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: > 2. If I provide access to four or five friends, I am not an ISP and in > fact I am responsible if they use my connection to do something illegal > since I am the customer of re

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2012-11-29 Thread Naslund, Steve
ct: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote: > The entire point of Tor is to be untraceable back to the source. > Egress filters can prevent future abuse but do not provide for tracing > back to the ori

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

2012-11-29 Thread Michael Painter
Naslund, Steve wrote: 1. Running open access wireless does not make you legally an ISP and if your open wireless is used to commit a crime you could be criminally negligent if you did not take "reasonable care" in the eyes of the court. Related: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/07/judge-copy

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

2012-11-29 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: 2. If I provide access to four or five friends, I am not an ISP and in fact I am responsible if they use my connection to do something illegal since I am the customer of record. If you loan your car to an unlicensed driver and he kills someone, y

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

2012-11-29 Thread Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Naslund, Steve wrote: 1. Running open access wireless does not make you legally an ISP and if OK. your open wireless is used to commit a crime you could be criminally negligent if you did not take "reasonable care" in the eyes of the court. I believe this is incorrect un

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

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Beecher
not taking the required reporting/preservation/destruction actions as required by law. And in practice, the process is: On 11/29/2012 5:06 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:26:57 -0500 From: Tom Beecher Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if

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

2012-11-29 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:26:57 -0500 > From: Tom Beecher > Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if > you can. > > Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. 230 is the US law that has been > interpreted to provide immunity to ISP for

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

2012-11-29 Thread Jim Mercer
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 01:19:19PM -0600, Naslund, Steve wrote: > I think the best analogy I would use in defense is something like the > pre-paid cellular phones that are sold. That is about the only > anonymous communications service I can think of off the top of my head. > Problem is that most

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

2012-11-29 Thread George Herbert
be criminally negligent. This is not > so clear cut a case that there would not be a fight about it. > > Steven Naslund > > > > -Original Message- > From: George Herbert [mailto:george.herb...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 2:06 PM > To: Tom Be

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

2012-11-29 Thread Naslund, Steve
nt. This is not so clear cut a case that there would not be a fight about it. Steven Naslund -Original Message- From: George Herbert [mailto:george.herb...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 2:06 PM To: Tom Beecher Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor

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

2012-11-29 Thread George Herbert
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote: > The entire point of Tor is to be untraceable back to the source. Egress > filters can prevent future abuse but do not provide for tracing back to > the original source of offending conduct. They are not trying to stop > the flow of the dat

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

2012-11-29 Thread Naslund, Steve
ge Herbert [mailto:george.herb...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 2:14 PM To: Naslund, Steve Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote: > ISPs also do not "allow stranger

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

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Beecher
Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. ยง230 is the US law that has been interpreted to provide immunity to ISP for the actions of their users. Zeran v. America Online, Inc., 4th Circuit, 1997 Jane Doe v. America Online, Inc., 5th Circuit, 1997 Blumenthal v. Drudge, DC District, 1998 Green v. AOL,

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

2012-11-29 Thread George Herbert
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote: > ISPs also do not "allow strangers to do whatever they want" ISPs have > responsibilities to act on DCMA notices and CALEA requests from law > enforcement. These are things that Tor exit nodes are not capable of > doing. If you were an IS

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

2012-11-29 Thread George Herbert
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Tom Beecher 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 does

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

2012-11-29 Thread Naslund, Steve
illiam was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Tom Beecher 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

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

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Beecher
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 lega

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

2012-11-29 Thread George Herbert
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Tom Beecher 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? ... -- -george william herbert george.her

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

2012-11-29 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" > > I think if they took the cash registers too the Starbucks lawyer would > > be in court an hour later with a motion to quash in one hand and an > > offer of full cooperation in the other. > > And if the sky were orange > > Any oth

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

2012-11-29 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" > "Mere conduit" defense. (Please do not anyone mention "common carrier > status" or the like, ISPs are _not_ common carriers.) > Do you think if the police found out child pr0n was being served from > a starbux they wouldn't confiscate t

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

2012-11-29 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Nov 29, 2012, at 13:57 , William Herrin wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore >> wrote: >>> Do you think if the police found out child pr0n was >>> being served from a starbux they wouldn't >>> confiscate

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

2012-11-29 Thread elijah wright
We had a guy (aka potential customer) inquire the other day about hosting a Tor exit on our infrastructure the other day; he disappeared fairly quickly when he figured out that we weren't just going to give him an endless supply of unmetered 10G bandwidth. I was looking forward to billing him. :

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

2012-11-29 Thread Scott Berkman
k W. Gilmore [mailto:patr...@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 wrote: > Back in the early days of the public internet we didn't requi

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

2012-11-29 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 01:14:08AM +1100, Emily Ozols wrote: > Hi, > > I gotta ask and I'm sure someone would if I didn't, but how do we know > this guy is legit? > He's jumped up on a forum saying, "Hey, police raided me, help. gib > mone plz" and failed to provide and reason as to how he's real

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

2012-11-29 Thread Naslund, Steve
ctual percentage of good vs. evil use really is. Steven Naslund -Original Message- From: Barry Shein [mailto:b...@world.std.com] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: NANOG list Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. Back in the early days o

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

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Beecher
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. People will spend time and money securing their home wireless so their neighbor can't steal their internet, but willingly allow strangers from anywhere

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

2012-11-29 Thread Naslund, Steve
@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 wrote: > Back in the early days of the public internet we didn't require any > id to create

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

2012-11-29 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Nov 29, 2012, at 13:57 , William Herrin wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore > wrote: >> 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? > > I think if they took the cash r

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

2012-11-29 Thread Warren Bailey
It's difficult to compare a guy in Austria to a multi-billion dollar corporation. Here in the US, the fed has charged 3 men with involuntary manslaughter for their parts in the Gulf of Mexico Rig explosion. BP received a slap on the wrist, and a decent (to us, not them) sized fine. On 11/29/12 10:

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