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Re:Parler is back online after a month of downtime by colejohnson66 on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @06:27AM (#26152944)
But isn’t an onion service just a server only accessible over TOR? What I’m asking is: where was the server? Who was physically hosting the website (either knowingly or unknowingly)?
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Re:Parler is back online after a month of downtime by rovr138 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @09:25AM (#26166571)
Yes.

It could have been hosted anywhere. TOR isn’t a hosting service but a means to access them.

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