On 2011-09-01 15:24 , Roger Dingledine wrote: > Several people have asked us on irc about recent news articles like > http://wireupdate.com/wires/19812/dutch-police-infiltrate-hidden-child-porn-websites-in-the-u-s/ [..]
In addiotion I want to refer to the below article from the Dutch "Public Ministry" (literal translation) or how Google Translate translates it as 'the prosecution' which is a bit off also I think, see and throw it trough your favorite translator if you like: http://www.om.nl/actueel-0/nieuws-persberichten/@156657/kinderporno-anonieme/ It is in Dutch, but here are the Tor related portions and my translation of it: "In dit onderzoek wil de politie ook duidelijk maken dat anonimiteit binnen het Tor-netwerk en ook landsgrenzen de opsporing van kinderporno niet in de weg staan." english: "With this investigation the police wants to make clear that anonimity inside the Tor network and also country borders do not limit the investigation into childporn". And then the section at the end "Vrijheid van meningsuiting" which is IMHO a good thing of them to publish in that way: my free translation: 8<------------------------------ Freedom of expression The police investigation that took the whole month of August, did not target the Tor network itself, but targeted the 'hidden services' which contained the childporn, which is run inside this underground part of the Internet. The Tor network makes users of the Internet anonymous by sending their IP-address passing different servers. Originally Tor was a project of the US Marines The network consists mostly of private persons that make Tor work with the use of their computers and internet connection. The use of Tor is not criminal per definition. In countries without freedom of speech Tor can for example be used by journalists and the opposition of a ruling regime. ------------------------------->8 (the "IP-address" portion is a but odd, but for laymen pretty good ;) It think it is actually quite nice of the OM to list that last portion there as they effectively state that they in a mild way support the existence of Tor and see it as a good thing for the prime purpose that most people support Tor for: freedom of speech. Childporn though should be completely eradicated from this world and the folks who are responsible for it released to the people who are directly hurt by it... Greets, Jeroen _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
