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Re:Judge Who Authorized Police Search of Privacy Activists W... by ethanbond on Monday April 11, 2016 @02:48PM (#11474104)
Can they? Does the client have any control over the route that their traffic takes through the network?

Not a rhetorical question^

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Re:Judge Who Authorized Police Search of Privacy Activists W... by htns on Monday April 11, 2016 @03:09PM (#11474282)
The client has full control. Tor works by having the client chain proxies ("nodes"). Tor hidden services add some complications but in that case too the client creates its own half of the proxy chain.
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Re:Judge Who Authorized Police Search of Privacy Activists W... by dsmithatx on Monday April 11, 2016 @02:55PM (#11474161)
Yes the user can choose the exit node in the client very easily. Even a dirty cop could figure it out.
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