Re: [tor-talk] Prepared for [Raided for running a Tor exit node]?

[k e bera <keb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:48:35 -0600
Jon <torance.ca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 4:11 PM, grarpamp <grarpamp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > What 'way'?
> >
> > Running an exit node at home, or elsewhere, would seem to come
> > down to...
> >
> > a) Are you physically ready for a query / subpoena / search warrant /
> > exigent raid?
> > Are things segregated by room?
> > Are your doors and machines labeled with the same sort of exit node notice
> >  you'd put on the TCP port and in DNS?
> > Have you inventoried, photographed and documented your setup and property?
> > Do you have offsite backups?
> > Are private things encrypted?
> > Are any co-habitants aware and similarly prepared?
> >
> > b) Are you mentally ready?
> > Is your life and butt otherwise clean, legal, and organized?
> > If you were to appear in court, how would you act and be perceived?
> > How do you feel about being in the news and in public docs?
> > Have you networked with other operators and entities?
> >
> > c) Are you legally, financially, and timewise ready?
> > Have you consulted with and preselected a couple attorneys?
> > Have you made arrangements for making bail?
> > How will you make court required appearances?
> >
> > All these sorts of meta things, and surely more, come into play whether
> > or not you're ever raided. I'd suggest making a wiki article for them.
> >
> >
> 
> I do believe some one sounds very paranoid. If you feel that way, you have
> been around here long enough to know what you can do to avoid all the '
> what if's '. All that paranoia is what causes stress related illnesses.
> 
> Running a exit node on DSL or Cable from home, is just as safe, I believe,
> as running it through a provider from another country. There are options
> one can use if they do not want to run a full exit relay node. As they can
> run a middle node which cuts down the probability of legal issues arising.

Those questions didnt seem paranoid to me, they seemed to be sensible disaster planning.  At the very least, exit operators should be prepared to have their internet connection threatened by their ISP, and be prepared to answer questions from police tracing activity that happened through their IP address.  People in low income neighbourhoods can expect heavier handed tactics, for various reasons not relevant to this list.
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