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Comment by Yetanfou | Hacker News Reader

The terms of service seem a bit odd to me:

   I do not tolerate:

   - Exploitation of _children_ (including child pornography)
   - _Religious_ terrorism

May I suggest changing this into something a bit less specific? The way it is written now you seem to be OK with political terrorism and exploitation of any other group. Just state you won't hesitate to report obvious criminal activity and leave it to the user to decide whether they feel they can trust you.

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> Just state you won't hesitate to report obvious criminal activity

Bypassing censorship is a criminal activity in a number of countries. Pick censorship or pick an internet with illegal content. You can't have a world with neither.

If you don't trust the tool, don't use it. The fact that '[b]ypassing censorship is a criminal activity in a number of countries' seems to be what drove the creator of this tool to its creation so I assume that he will not report you for 'bypassing censorship'. This does not mean it is impossible of course, a smart Erdolf-follower could make a similar tool (or even this one) with the purpose of catching those who try to escape censorship. In the end it comes down to trust, no matter which tool you use.

@werber mentioned it in his comment as well, and I agree that the list is oddly specific, because it's solely based on me (with very little regard to whether something is legal or not). I personally do not want to assist in causing harm to any children, nor any religious terrorist groups.

Also, when you say "exploitation of anyone" or "any terrorists", I think it becomes far too broad, especially terrorism: Osama Bin Laden, a fallen idol, was once an "Anti-Soviet warrior (who) puts his army on the road to peace".[0]

Not that I support any terrorist activity, but I wouldn't like to snitch[1] on people based on whims of statesmen.

[0]: http://uk.businessinsider.com/1993-independent-article-about... [1]: Unless they use rubber hose.

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