Austrian man raided for operating TOR exit node

Austrian man raided for operating TOR exit node #gAtO ✅ #infosec #tor #security #cyberwar #cyber #hacking #bitcoin

An Austrian man has had his house raided and his hardware confiscated for running a TOR exit node. Austrian man William Weber could face up to 10 years in jail for the distribution and/or production of child abuse material, only, he was never involved in the crimes — his computer was. Weber is one of many individuals that have donated their storage space and bandwidth to contribute to The Onion Router (TOR) Anonymity network. People like Weber set up nodes or relays that allow other individuals to gain a fair degree of anonymity by redirecting internet traffic through them. Its use is encouraged by groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), especially as a tool to aid free expression, privacy, and to exercise basic human rights. However, Weber's node is one on the edge of the TOR network — an exit node — and traffic from this node can be traced back to its IP...

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