commit 68456035440a7020b5edd1981164a42ef441638c Author: Sebastian Hahn sebastian@torproject.org Date: Wed Mar 30 00:23:20 2016 +0200

Update abuse faq to be a bit more honest --- docs/en/faq-abuse.wml | 28 ++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml b/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml index f966ced..699ac50 100644 --- a/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml +++ b/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ using technology?</a></li> don't have the time or money to spend figuring out how to get privacy online. This is the worst of all possible worlds. </p>

- <p>So yes, criminals could in theory use Tor, but they already have + <p>So yes, criminals can use Tor, but they already have better options, and it seems unlikely that taking Tor away from the world will stop them from doing their bad things. At the same time, Tor and other privacy measures can <em>fight</em> identity theft, physical @@ -171,29 +171,9 @@ using technology?</a></li> <p>You might also find that your Tor relay's IP is blocked from accessing some Internet sites/services. This might happen regardless of your exit policy, because some groups don't seem to know or care that Tor has - exit policies. (If you have a spare IP not used for other activities, - you might consider running your Tor relay on it.) For example, </p> - - <ul> - <li>Because of a few cases of anonymous jerks messing with its web - pages, Wikipedia is currently blocking many Tor relay IPs from writing - (reading still works). We're talking to Wikipedia about how they might - control abuse while still providing access to anonymous contributors, - who often have hot news or inside info on a topic but don't want to risk - revealing their identities when publishing it (or don't want to reveal - to local observers that they're accessing Wikipedia). Slashdot is also - in the same boat.</li> - - <li>SORBS is putting some Tor relay IPs on their email - blacklist as well. They do this because they passively detect whether your - relay connects to certain IRC networks, and they conclude from this that - your relay is capable of spamming. We tried to work with - them to teach them that not all software works this way, - but we have given up. We recommend you avoid them, and <a - href="http://paulgraham.com/spamhausblacklist.html%22%3Eteach your friends - (if they use them) to avoid abusive blacklists too</a>.</li> - - </ul> + exit policies. (If you have a spare IP not used for other activities, you + might consider running your Tor relay on it.) In general, it's advisable + not to use your home internet connection to provide a Tor relay.</p>

<a id="IrcBans"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#IrcBans">Tor is banned from the IRC network I want to use.</a></h3>