[tor-relays] Got a visit from the police this morning..

[Tristan]

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On Jul 31, 2016 9:03 AM, "Jonathan Baker-Bates" <jonathan at bakerbates.com>
wrote:

> I think this issue has been discussed here before.
>
> The general opinion on the list is that it's not a good idea to run an
> exit at home. It's probably not worth the hassle.
>
>
>
> On 31 July 2016 at 14:13, Stig Atle Steffensen <stigatle at cryptolab.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I never thought I would be one of those operators who had to deal with
>> the police or anything like that.
>> I've done all I can to set things up so that it's easy to see that I run
>> a exit node.
>>
>> I have a disclaimer on my website :
>> https://stigatle.no/index.php/tor-exit-node/
>>
>> and if you go to the ip of the node, you'll see the same info:
>> https://185.97.32.18/
>>
>> I run this node - which is no secret:
>>
>> https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/04250C3835019B26AA6764E85D836088BE441088
>>
>> So, back to earlier this morning.
>> Suddenly got a hard knock on my door, I was surprised because we never
>> get visitors.
>> I saw it was the police (2 officers), and they asked if we could talk in
>> private, because
>> they heard my kids (2 and 4) and my wife upstairs, I said yes, no
>> problem, let them in.
>>
>> They would not let me know what it was about at first, they asked a lot
>> about what I did yesterday,
>> easy for me to answer since I was out climbing mountains all day long.
>> Then asked a lot about who has access to my connection at home, It's just
>> me, my wife, no one else.
>>
>> Then I start to ask a bit, and I thought about the exit node I run, I
>> quickly confirmed
>> that it was the exit node (which is in sweden and not in Norway where I
>> live) that was the reason why they where at my house.
>> All though - 2 second check would confirm to them that the server is not
>> at my house, and the impression they gave me until I
>> showed the Exit node was that they thought it was sent from my house.
>>
>> I have blocked the email ports on the exit node, but the issue was that a
>> email had been sent through hotmail (web),
>> threatening Angela Merkel, that's why they where at my house this morning.
>>
>>
>> I got the chance to explain everything as best I could, explained how it
>> all worked, and why
>> I run a exit node, and I feel they got all the answers they needed. They
>> then left - and for now that was that.
>>
>> I would be put on some kind of list, but that list would also explain
>> that I operate a tor exit node.
>> I'm happy with that, and hopefully this will be all that there's to it.
>>
>> I might have to do some more explaining if I travel to sweden\germany,
>> but that's fine with me.
>>
>>
>> Anyone else here that has this happen to you recently as well?..
>>
>>
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