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Re:Thousands of Tor exit nodes attacked cryptocurrency users... by jazu on Sunday May 09, 2021 @09:54AM (#27095893)
I hosted a node which moved a hefty amount of traffic. Tor and the EFF sent me several T-shirts even. Then Tor decided they would label themselves a “human rights project” and started to go full political. I shut down my node forever.
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Re:Thousands of Tor exit nodes attacked cryptocurrency users... by cyphar on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:03AM (#27095981)
There are only a handful of things I can think of that are more political than creating software which allows people to access the internet freely and anonymously, in many cases against the wishes of their government.

(Also the EFF is literally a political organisation and has described itself as a civil rights organisation since its formation in 1990.)

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Re:Thousands of Tor exit nodes attacked cryptocurrency users... by mumblemumble on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:12AM (#27096038)
It's kind of interesting to see an apparent expression of pleasure at receiving a T-shirt from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, followed immediately by an expression of disdain about political missions.

I'm pretty sure that, if you asked a random EFF board member, they would tell you that digital rights are largely just the application of human rights principles to the digital domain.

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Re:Thousands of Tor exit nodes attacked cryptocurrency users... by gruez on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:19AM (#27096089)
>Then Tor decided they would label themselves a “human rights project” and started to go full political

Why is this bad? Branding yourself as a human rights project garners way more sympathy than having the implied branding of "we help cybercriminals cover their tracks". In an age where encryption and privacy is under constant attack, having the public be on your side is very important.

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Re:Thousands of Tor exit nodes attacked cryptocurrency users... by capableweb on Sunday May 09, 2021 @09:56AM (#27095915)
On the opposite side, I didn't start hosting a couple of tor exit- and normal nodes until Tor labelled themselves a "human rights project".
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