[tor-talk] Police was here - whats next?

Nils Vogels bacardicoke at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 09:07:21 UTC 2011


Hey Folkert,

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 08:52, Folkert van Heusden
<folkert at vanheusden.com> wrote:
> Hi Nils,
>
>>> Any details known for the netherlands?
>>> As I've heard a couple of cases of tor exit nodes being raided and
>>> never returned (not even after 3 years).
>>
>> I was one of the exit nodes being raided in NL, and got my stuff back
>> after 2.5 years, after finally being able to explain face to face how
>> Tor works. Took a bunch of envelopes to explain the onion rings, but
>> it worked :)
>
> Do you think it'll go faster in the future?

Most likely not. The department for Cybercrime has huge backlogs.

> And/or did they say anything like "don't use it or you'll get busted again"?

Officially: No.
Unofficially: They're learning.... trying to find a way to deal with Tor exits.

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