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Re:Tor exit node operator raided in Austria by morsch on Thursday November 29, 2012 @02:23PM (#4849721)
You're begging the question. Why does routing someone's traffic make you accountable for the traffic? Because someone needs to be accountable?

I'm not sure analogies are very helpful.

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Re:Tor exit node operator raided in Austria by hcarvalhoalves on Thursday November 29, 2012 @02:31PM (#4849770)
> Why does routing someone's traffic make you accountable for the traffic? Because someone needs to be accountable?

The evidence is on him now, so he has to prove it wasn't. Given Tor's anonymity, that's rather difficult, but it's his problem. Which is stupid in the first place, because he dug himself on this hole, and that's why I can't empathize.

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Re:Tor exit node operator raided in Austria by khill on Thursday November 29, 2012 @03:37PM (#4850107)
If this guy isn't held responsible for the content, you would be creating a loophole in the law.

If I wanted to distribute illegal content safely, I could just run a Tor exit node and claim that the illegal content originated from somewhere within Tor instead of from my machines.

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