On Mittwoch, 12. April 2023 18:28:09 CEST tor-operator@urdn.com.ua wrote:
Finn finn@grimpe-holding.de wrote:
The weird thing is, that the relay in question is only a relay and not an exit node since its creation (185.241.208.179) (https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/w/relay/B67C7039B04487854129A66B16F5E E3CFFCBB491.html) - anyone has an idea how this happens? Best regards
We receive this mostly from France and Germany. We figured out that they downloaded the Tor Browser then looked at the Tor Circuit widget and just collected the addresses they could see there.
This is the same as when Police, Attention Seekers, Cyber White Knights, Censors and other scoundrels contact every ISP they see in a traceroute.
Without a court order, the cops have no right to request data at all.
Generally also for commercial providers: The European Court of Justice ruled that German data retention (Vorratsdatenspeicherung) is incompatible with EU law and therefore inapplicable.
https://digitalcourage.de/blog/2023/vorratsdatenspeicherung-medienberichte (only in German)