On Montag, 26. August 2024 17:33:22 CEST Marco Predicatori wrote:
All this is pretty scary. Pretty much any exit node manager can be arrested on the very same basis.
No. A Tor router does not host any data, it is a router like any other ISP or backbone router.
I am currently updating the exit pages for Europe/Germany because the laws have been updated. With Tor, the client initiates the circuits, not the relays/router.
http://tor-exit-33.for-privacy.net/
8< ... A Tor relay is a simple data carrier (mere conduit) in the terms of Article 12 of the european directive 2000/31/EC of 8 June 2000: we do not initiate the transmissions, we do not select the receiver of the transmission, and we do not select or modify the information contained in the transmission. Therefore, we are not liable for the information transmitted.
Amendment of directive 2000/31/EC: CHAPTER II, Article 4, ‘Mere conduit’ - the Digital Services Act (DSA) Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of 19 October 2022
Tor routers owned by German media services are protected by Article 4 Digital- Services-Act ... >8
In addition, Telegram is a centralized service. Tor and SimpleX are decentralized.