On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:53:55 +0100 DrNotThatEvil relay@wilv.in wrote:
Have you guys/gals ever faced situations similar to this? How did you handle it?
I have not, but to add to what others have said:
- One of the benefits of running an exit is that it can be educational, from the perspective of the law as well as technology. You can get some experience with dealing with DMCA/abuse requests and potentially talking to law enforcement about a service that you can be confident of the legal status of. That can be valuable before you need to talk to LE or "rights holders" for any other reason throughout your life. Assuming niftybunny is correct on that info of operators getting prosecuted, you are arguably more likely to be prosecuted for something you have no relation to (e.g. police paperwork mixing you up with someone else) than for running an exit.
- You mentioned "employment opportunities", but assuming your field of choice is related, I would think that running an exit would _improve_ your employment opportunities, even (or especially) if you encounter public legal trouble as long as you're not stupid about it.
- If it's causing you issues, just run a middle relay; it's not a big deal. All relays (properly configured etc etc) are useful, even bridges. If you're pretending that you're making a big difference to some poor persecuted insurgent in China or whatever, keep in mind that I don't believe exits help clients reach hidden services, but middle relays and bridges do.
- Running relays/exits is "cool" (...right?). You're just not with it, mom.
Just don't run an exit from home.