[tor-talk] Use of TOR for illegal activities

Random Tor Node Operator tor at unterderbruecke.de
Wed May 20 09:11:39 UTC 2015


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On 20.05.2015 05:10, Paul A. Crable wrote:
> I suppose I sound like a disapproving fussbudget, but I have
> trouble understanding how and why we allow TOR to be used this way.
> I'm all for free speech, but it's still illegal to falsely yell
> "Fire!" in a crowded theater.

Do you see the fallacy there?

It is *illegal* to falsely yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. But
there are *no technical measures* in place to prevent you from
actually doing so.

Same goes with Tor. It may be illegal to do X according to judicial
framework Y, but Tor does not technically prevent you from doing it
anyway.

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