[tor-relays] Running exit-node in Germany

[Sanjeev Gupta]

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Matthias Redies <rediesmatthias at yahoo.de>wrote:

>  Luckly I have a fiber connection and a unused RaspberryPi. So running an
> exit-node would be free for me. Can you describe the encounter with the
> police? Did you just go to your local police station oder did you call a
> special cybercriminality unit?
>
> What exactly was the 'hassle' when you ran an exit-node?
>

This is for Singapore, but may provide you with a data point.

I run a number of Tor nodes in Singapore.  The servers are hosted on IPs
that are registered to me in APNIC whois.

The Singapore Police has an active Cyber Crime division.  Singapore Law is
based in large part on English Law.

I am not sure if the investigation is ongoing, so I am leaving out
specifics.

I received, about 3 months ago, an email from a Police Officer.  It was
addressed to my address in the whois, and seemed to be written assuming I
was an ISP.  It cited a date and time range, an IP address, and asked which
customer was using the IP address at that time.  This was in connection
with "unathorised fund transfers".

I replied back explaining that the IP was in my control, and ran TOR.  I
provided a link to the TOR website, and that I did not have any logs.

I got back a prompt response thanking me, and have heard nothing since.

So it is possible that, as law enforcement gets better clued in to Tor,
they would be willing to let you go with dirty looks for making their life
harder, but not call down the SWAT team.

-- 
Sanjeev Gupta
+65 98551208     http://www.linkedin.com/in/ghane
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