I tried to set up a Tor relay in the UK today and was told that UK law 
prohibited anonymous Internet traffic.  My tentative UK ISP told me that they 
must be able to provide identification of users if presented with a court 
order.  Hmmm...

The topic of country-specific conditions raises 2 questions in my mind:

1. Does the Tor Project keep a list of Tor-hostile countries?  I understand 
that such a list over time would vary in reliability, but it would be nice to 
know. 

2. Given the ability to set up a Tor relay in any political jurisdiction, which 
ones would be recommended?  I'm thinking of both local political conditions and 
the distribution of relays from a topological perspective.

I'm inclined to want a non-US relay because the highest bandwith relays 
locations are skewed toward the US, which biases the Tor traffic though that 
jurisdiction.  (Today's Tor Metrics report shows 17.55% of traffic coming from 
the US.)  Is this a reasonable approach?

Thanks.


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