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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by LeonM on Monday January 13, 2020 @09:07AM (#22034532)
> If you are just a relay, the content is encrypted and your chances of liability are low.

It's not just liability, for me it's also ethics. It gives me piece of mind that I am not contributing towards these practices.

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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by doomrobo on Monday January 13, 2020 @09:18AM (#22034615)
But being an ordinary relay means you are still being used as a hop for people to connect to hidden services. Do you think hidden services are less ethically dubious than clearnet services?
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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by heydabop on Monday January 13, 2020 @11:13AM (#22035663)
I think you're misunderstanding their argument. They don't want to be an exit node because they don't want to share their public IP (liability), nor do they want to be a relay because they don't want to help route to hidden services (ethics).
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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by londons_explore on Monday January 13, 2020 @07:07PM (#22040264)
You pay your taxes used to pay for bombs to kill people.

Sometimes you have to look at the big picture when making ethical decisions.

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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by LeonM on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @08:27AM (#22044502)
> You pay your taxes used to pay for bombs to kill people.

Paying tax is mandatory, unlike installing a tor node on your modem.

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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by driverdan on Monday January 13, 2020 @06:30PM (#22039973)
Based on that argument we shouldn't have the internet because some users will do unethical things with it.
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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by hanniabu on Monday January 13, 2020 @07:16PM (#22040338)
You really shouldn't do anything for that matter.
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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by gowld on Monday January 13, 2020 @01:44PM (#22037264)
How's your piece of mind being complacent in the surveillance and persecution of innocent victims?
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