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Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I heard of a guy who went to prison because he bought something from Allegro (Polish Amazon) over TOR. Someone used the same exit node for hacking, so they pinned it on him.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

What country? Sounds like a kangaroo court or a court staffed entirely by old people.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

court staffed entirely by old people

Isn't that most courts?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Poland.

He could've easily got it solved but he didn't have money and the public defender just told him confessing was the best option.

It might be a legend, it's just a thing that supposedly happened to someone in a community I participate in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that ruling is ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Actual legal risks and consequences don't go away by applying wishful thinking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I thought the point of Tor was the anonymity?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Your anonymity goes out the window when you log in to any service. Your privacy goes when you give them your shipping information.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Czesc, I am Mister Anonymous. I would like to buy this Book. Please send it to Jan Pawel at this address, dziekuje."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It provides anonymity in much the same sense as going into the bank while wearing a skimask does. Every form of anonymity service always puts you in close range to be grabbed by the authorities, as while your traffic might be anonymized, the fact that you are running the service is not.