I think this issue has been discussed here before. The general opinion on the list is that it's not a good idea to run an exit at home. It's probably not worth the hassle.
On 31 July 2016 at 14:13, Stig Atle Steffensen <stiga...@cryptolab.net> wrote: > I never thought I would be one of those operators who had to deal with the > police or anything like that. > I've done all I can to set things up so that it's easy to see that I run a > exit node. > > I have a disclaimer on my website : > https://stigatle.no/index.php/tor-exit-node/ > > and if you go to the ip of the node, you'll see the same info: > https://185.97.32.18/ > > I run this node - which is no secret: > > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/04250C3835019B26AA6764E85D836088BE441088 > > So, back to earlier this morning. > Suddenly got a hard knock on my door, I was surprised because we never get > visitors. > I saw it was the police (2 officers), and they asked if we could talk in > private, because > they heard my kids (2 and 4) and my wife upstairs, I said yes, no problem, > let them in. > > They would not let me know what it was about at first, they asked a lot > about what I did yesterday, > easy for me to answer since I was out climbing mountains all day long. > Then asked a lot about who has access to my connection at home, It's just > me, my wife, no one else. > > Then I start to ask a bit, and I thought about the exit node I run, I > quickly confirmed > that it was the exit node (which is in sweden and not in Norway where I > live) that was the reason why they where at my house. > All though - 2 second check would confirm to them that the server is not > at my house, and the impression they gave me until I > showed the Exit node was that they thought it was sent from my house. > > I have blocked the email ports on the exit node, but the issue was that a > email had been sent through hotmail (web), > threatening Angela Merkel, that's why they where at my house this morning. > > > I got the chance to explain everything as best I could, explained how it > all worked, and why > I run a exit node, and I feel they got all the answers they needed. They > then left - and for now that was that. > > I would be put on some kind of list, but that list would also explain that > I operate a tor exit node. > I'm happy with that, and hopefully this will be all that there's to it. > > I might have to do some more explaining if I travel to sweden\germany, but > that's fine with me. > > > Anyone else here that has this happen to you recently as well?.. > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >
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