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Finding it difficult to come back to Nostr. This isn't pointing a finger at anything. I was not previously able to convince any RL friends to join and in coming back nothing has changed that fact. I'm not social enough virtually to make online "friends" and that makes for a lonely social existence. I love the idea here but I bid y'all success and best wishes for now. Maybe I will return when things get much worse for freedom of speech. Buy Bitcoin. Be safe.

Last night visit to my buddy's boat.

Oh I see it's quiet time on Nostr. Which is still better than debating core and knots. 😴😴

People were not happy about how he talked this up before-hand

Dennis announced some Democrat is running for CA governor and this no name candidate likes Bitcoin. It was ridiculous. A huge nothing burger.

Agreed, I came back for the calmer more relaxed feel of Nostr compared to Twitter but I'm finding that it feels almost exactly like Twitter now.

Replying to Avatar Dimi

β€œBig drama today in the Tor community.

Conrad Rockenhaus, a Tor operator based out of Michigan, United States, was arrested in 2020 after refusing to cooperate with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation

Rockenhaus, a disabled United States military veteran, ran the fastest Tor node in the United States. He was approached sometime in late 2019 when the FBI requested he allow them arbitrary access to his exit node and allow them to decrypt traffic. He denied their request.

Subsequently, in February, 2020 his home was raided. He was arrested for violating the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act). It was alleged that he was a disgruntled ex-employee causing problems at his former place of employment.

Interestingly, to "help resolve the matter", law enforcement requested he decrypt his Tor exit node to prove his innocence (???). After he refused, he was held in a pre-trial detention cell for over 3 years. He was denied bail after law enforcement stated Mr. Rockenhaus used Linux to "access the dark web" and he was "not complying" and not allowing them access to this Tor exit node.

After Mr. Rockenhaus' wife filed an official complaint, and Mr. Rockenhaus was miraculously released, he was raided by the United States Marshal Fugitive Task Force TWO TIMES(???).

They took him out his home, threw him to the ground, beat him, smashed his windows, and threatened to murder his animals.

They are still requesting Mr. Rockenhaus allow them to access his Tor exit node. Mr. Rockenhaus still has not granted them that privilege.

All of this has been captured on home security camera footage. Additionally, his wife has released all court documents.

See subsequent post for more information.” -vxunderground, on X

https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/1ni5drm/the_fbi_couldnt_get_my_husband_to_decrypt_his_tor/

Holy balls