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Re:Running a Tor Exit Node for Fun and E-mails by matt_wulfeck on Monday September 05, 2016 @03:10AM (#12428629)
I would say many people are put off by the morality of it. Sure you're helping people in oppressive regimes avoid censorship, but you're also helping scum in a way many people aren't comfortable with or want to be connected with.
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Re:Running a Tor Exit Node for Fun and E-mails by lucb1e on Monday September 05, 2016 @04:39AM (#12428943)
Maybe, but this is actually the first time I've heard that point of view. I'm not saying nobody thinks that, I just haven't heard it before.
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Re:Running a Tor Exit Node for Fun and E-mails by orly_bookz on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:27AM (#12436219)
Really?

TOR interests me but I'd never run an exit node because I'm assuming one of three things is gonna come out of it: dissidents, criminal activity, or spook traffic (it was literally made by and for naval intelligence /the CIA).

You can make an ethical argument for the first one but I still don't want any of those three running out of my machines...

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Re:Running a Tor Exit Node for Fun and E-mails by apk17 on Monday September 05, 2016 @05:35AM (#12429143)
That would be a reason not to run tor relays at all. I do run two non-exits, but I leave the exits to other folks.
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