Michael Rogers schrieb:
Alexander Bernauer wrote:Are you sure it's a good idea to encourage non-technical users, who might not understand the legal risks, to run exit nodes?The basic idea is to develop a browser plugin which while active turns the computer into both an Tor client and a Tor exit node. The target group is a Windows XP or Vista user with almost no technical skills but fear of pop-ups asking strange things.
This an important point. If there is a software, which establishs a Tor router on a computer without _informed_ consent of the admin, we're getting close to botnets. Something like that could severely hurt Tor's repution. It is really important for people to know beforehand what Tor (basically) does and what major legal risks it may pose in their jurisdiction. That might even go as far as a risk for their life. Bye, Dominik