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Re:Wikipedia-IPFS: An exploration to host Wikipedia in IPFS by mirimir on Sunday May 10, 2020 @04:30AM (#23131130)
> These are the stories fearmongers tell because it happened to one or two people many years ago.

Here's a recent one:[0]

> Gibson’s arrest grew out of an ongoing probe of the “Freenet” — an online network that allows users to anonymously share images, chat on message boards and access sites, the probable cause statement says.

0) https://eu.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2020/02/09/craig...

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Re:Wikipedia-IPFS: An exploration to host Wikipedia in IPFS by AnthonyMouse on Sunday May 10, 2020 @04:41AM (#23131183)
> also had some 900 images of suspected child pornography on the hard drive, says a criminal complaint.

So not an example of someone being arrested just for operating a node, then.

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Re:Wikipedia-IPFS: An exploration to host Wikipedia in IPFS by mirimir on Sunday May 10, 2020 @05:21AM (#23131343)
No, but the article implies that he was identified by the fact that he was running Freenet.
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