[tor-relays] What if my favorite online store websiteblacklists all Tor Relay IP addresses?

[Chuck Bevitt]

I run a tor exit node (CulverCityChuck) using my home Internet (Time Warner). I did used to get blacklisted by Yelp and occasionally Google. I started using an anonymous VPN service for my exit node which gives it a different IP than the rest of my home traffic and haven't had a problem since. Costs less than $100 / year and gives me (and my ISP) some measure of protection from DMCA complaints.

The other side of the issue would be customers accessing web storefronts via tor and getting blocked because the traffic comes from an exit node. Not sure what the answer to that is.

Chuck Bevitt

Sent from my iPad

On Aug 25, 2013, at 6:46 PM, Gordon Morehouse <gordon at morehouse.me> wrote:

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> tor at t-3.net:
>> Not sure where you live but, I read that these days, USA is 
>> photographing the fronts of all postal mail. So, mailed
>> merchandise isn't exactly a win on privacy anyway.
> 
> That is correct[1].
> 
> 1.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/us/postal-service-confirms-photographing-all-us-mail.html
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> Best,
> - -Gordon M.
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