Suddenly the use case for $MYST decentralised VPN (which is peer to peer anonymous VPN's terminating in exit nodes run by plebs from their homes) has a massive surge.
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How does this work from a legal standpoint?
Seems like it would have similar risks to running a tor exit node.
Talking about courtroom gangsters putting people at risk for exercising free speech and you call it "a legal standpoint"
What's legal is irrelevant
I am not sure exactly what you are saying.
I am just wonding what their legal advice is. From what I have seen from tor they recommend not running an exit node from your home. Perhaps this company has different advice. That is what I was asking about.
I'm just saying that has nothing to do with law / "legality"
The laws of man say stuff like "if you kill someone for money, it's OK for their surviving loved ones to kill you for revenge"
There's no law that says "if someone runs a Tor exit relay, it's OK for courtroom gangsters to target them"
That's the type of shit that gets put in edicts and statutes the authorities falsely call "laws," but not actual law material
Well it might not be right or moral but I do care if an action I take will provoke the state to raid my house, take my property and arrest me.
As unjustified as this may be it will be something I consider before making myself a target.
Yes.
If you're worried about that or paedophiles roaming the streets, then don't run an exit node or let your kids play outside.
Which is most people these days.
Despite that around 20,000 people run exit nodes for MYST at any time
I was not so much being critical of it as just wondering how it worked. That seems very interesting to me.
I have look a bit at tor and have seen they have legal templates and letters for responding to complaints but very clearly state “you should not run a Tor exit relay from your home".
I have never run anything like this but I like the idea and will look into MYST.
I have been running several exit nodes for many years now and never even thought about legal templates.
I also don't think about legal templates every time I drive over the speed limit.
A young police officer stopped me in my own village for speeding many years ago.
I was so aggrieved at people speeding in my village, I had a serious go at him for allowing people like me to speed, he was so taken aback, he apologised. I told him to get his act together and drove off at speed to my house.
We are not the same 🫂 but I appreciate your interest in the incredibly enshitificated legal system. 😂
Perhaps we are not the same.
I think it is reasonable to take the advice of a service when they tell you not to run a relay from your home (as is the case with tor)
But perhaps that makes me a rule following coward 🤷♂️
Tor advises you not to run an exit node, I run a snowflake (middle) node
Also, the U.S. government advise you not to visit China 😂
My concerns are not unfounded. The mysterium team has even put out public responses to their node runners being raided by police for distributing illegal content.
All I was initially asking for was their guidance and best practices for dealing with and minimising the risk of these potential issues which can be found here: https://dvpnalliance.org/exit-node/
Perhaps this is equivalent to being scared to catch a flight because sometimes planes crash but I think it is reasonable to understand the risks and guidance around participating in something that could make you a target.
