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William Weber, a LowEndTalk member, was raided by Austrian police in 2012 for operating a Tor exit node that was allegedly used to distribute child pornography. While he was not arrested, many of his computers and devices were confiscated. He was later found guilty of supporting the distribution of child pornography through his Tor exit node, though he claims it was unintentional and he was simply supporting free speech and anonymity. He was given a 5 year probation sentence but left Austria shortly after. Though some articles portray him negatively, it is debatable whether he intentionally supported child pornography distribution or simply operated in the legal grey area of Tor exit nodes.

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[-] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 10 points 1 year ago

Child pornography is in no way acceptable and cannot be rationalized as normal. He got what he had coming to him as far as I am concerned.

[-] Chozo@kbin.social 106 points 1 year ago

He wasn't searching for it or knowingly distributing it. The way Tor exit nodes work is that you're hosting a machine that lets other people on the Tor network communicate with the internet. You're essentially routing a portion of the entire network's traffic through your machine. You can't really control who is using it or what it transmits at that point.

He got punished because somebody else shared CP, using his equipment to do so. It's like being jailed for having your car stolen and being used to hit a pedestrian.

[-] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 53 points 1 year ago

Ah, okay. I probably should have read closer. I will delete my comment.

[-] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It would be better for you to leave the original comment, use markdown to strike it through*, and create an edit showing that you realized it was wrong.

It shows humility and reflects positively on you, but it also allows the history of this conversation to remain preserved.

~~*not sure if this is possible on Lemmy yet~~

Edit: it is :)

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

It very much is

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