On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 01:14:08AM +1100, Emily Ozols wrote: > Hi, > > I gotta ask and I'm sure someone would if I didn't, but how do we know > this guy is legit? > He's jumped up on a forum saying, "Hey, police raided me, help. gib > mone plz" and failed to provide and reason as to how he's real and not > just making it up. > > Maybe if there's a way to know this guy is legit, I'll help out if > possible, but until then I'm just going to watch others with caution > and I suggest others do as well.
This matter is being investigated by the Tor developers. It looks legitimate, so far. > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Chris <cal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not William and a friend pasted a link on IRC to me. I'm going to > > send him a few bucks because I know how it feels to get blindsided by > > the police on one random day and your world is turned upside down. > > > > Source: > > http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/6283/raided-for-running-a-tor-exit-accepting-donations-for-legal-expenses > > > > From the URL: > > > > Yes, it happened to me now as well - Yesterday i got raided for > > someone sharing child pornography over one of my Tor exits. > > I'm good so far, not in jail, but all my computers and hardware have > > been confiscated. > > (20 computers, 100TB+ storage, My Tablets/Consoles/Phones) > > > > If convicted i could face up to 6 years in jail, of course i do not > > want that and i also want to try to set a legal base for running Tor > > exit nodes in Austria or even the EU. > > > > Sadly we have nothing like the EFF here that could help me in this > > case by legal assistance, so i'm on my own and require a good lawyer. > > Thus i'm accepting donations for my legal expenses which i expect to > > be around 5000-10000 EUR. > > > > If you can i would appreciate if you could donate a bit (every amount > > helps, even the smallest) either by PayPal (any currency is ok): > > https://paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2Q4LZNBBD7EH4 > > > > Or by Bank Transfer (EUR only please): > > > > Holder: William Weber > > Bank: EasyBank AG (Vienna, Austria) > > Account: 20011351213 > > Bank sort number: 14200 > > IBAN: AT031420020011351213 > > BIC: EASYATW1 > > > > I will try to pay them back when i'm out of this (or even before) but > > i can obviously not guarantee this, please keep this in mind. > > This money will only be used for legal expenses related to this case. > > > > If you have any questions or want to donate by another way > > (MoneyBookers, Webmoney, Bitcoin, Liberty Reserve, Neteller) feel free > > to send me a mail (will...@william.si) or a PM, or contact me in LET > > IRC. > > > > Thanks! > > William > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --C > > > > "The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to > > be when you kill them." - Sir William Clayton > > > > > > -- > ~Em -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
