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Man jailed for parole violations after refusing to decrypt his Tor node

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989 points heavyset_go | 1 comments | 16 Sep 25 12:10 UTC | HN request time: 1.921s | source
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dvrj101 ◴[16 Sep 25 12:45 UTC] No.45261476[source]▶
they are trying to set precedent. This can kill TOR or other privacy related services in USA easily in current environment.
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antonymoose ◴[16 Sep 25 13:08 UTC] No.45261737[source]▶
Several years prior I had a coworker get arrested on CSAM charges because, you guessed it, he ran an Tor exit node.

Of course there was no reporting on the Tor aspect, just “local man arrested for CSAM” in the local papers. He eventually had the charges dropped after years of court battles, but his name is forever tarnished as a result.

This particular job we had a lot of idealist folks, two of whom ran relays - they immediately ceased to do so in the aftermath of the coworker’s arrest.

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1. Anonyneko ◴[16 Sep 25 13:16 UTC] No.45261838[source]▶
Reminds me of a similar case against Dmitry Bogatov in Russia in 2017, it was a big deal back in the day (though of course times have drastically changed and now something like this wouldn't even appear in the news over there).