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This is what a Tor Supporter looks like: Laura Poitras

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103 pointsjakobdabo10 comments

It seems that over the last 5 years the number of exit nodes has remained relatively constant [1], I assume to the risks associated with running an exit node. What is Tor doing the increase number of exit nodes?

[1]https://metrics.torproject.org/relayflags.html

The Library Freedom Project is working on deploying exit nodes in libraries: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/

I can't imagine Tor being viewed differently by the NSA than any other honeypot tool out there. (How would they still not have completely overtaken it today?)

It seems like a good way to support Tor would be to open exit nodes.

And a good way to promote that would be to sell pre-configured, "just plug in power and ethernet" Raspberry Pi.

IMO, the major challenge of hosting an open exit node is the legal burden of receiving complaints about Tor traffic. I am not sure a PnP Tor RPi would help on that point.

Agreed, Ive run a few nodes on and off for years, and to date I still have one in the neatherlands running however I have never run an exit node, because I'm just too nervous of the legality around it.

Raspberry Pis don't make very good relays. They don't have enough CPU power to relay non-trivial amounts of data, and slow relays that clog easily aren't useful to the network.

Odroid C1+ is a better alternative, as it has hardware gigabit Ethernet and still inexpensive ($35). [1]

Raspberry Pi's have USB-based Ethernet; it has poor throughput and I heard reports of Ethernet hanging under load. It's better to have something with proper hardware networking and, ideally, disk controller for heavy usage scenarios.

[1] http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code...

Tor is an amazingly good start :) to things. Tails seems to be decent as well.

Hopefully there aren't other major vulnerabilities that turn up in it... but that's like wishing for a pink unicorn that er... expresses rainbows rearwards. :D

Good for them that they managed to find a non-neckbeard person which doesn't ramble about the UNIX philosophy at sight to promote the TOR network.

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