On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Xinwen Fu <xinwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm just asking the legal liability of running Tor exits and making it > clear. I don't bother with modifying somebody's traffic.
The FAQ in question from that link says: "Tor relay operators in the United States can possibly create civil and even criminal liability for themselves under state or federal wiretap laws if they monitor, log, or disclose Tor users' communications, while non-U.S. operators may be subject to similar laws. Do not examine the contents of anyone's communications without first talking to a lawyer." This isn't a legal list, and I'm not a lawyer. If you want legal advice, you ought to talk to a real lawyer. Your university probably has a bunch who would be glad to help you; your department should be able to put you in touch with them. There is also contact info for the EFF on that legal FAQ; they wrote it, so they might be able to explain any parts that are not clear. >From your original mail: > is there any policy from Tor governing the behavior of the operators? The policy of Tor is that node operators should not violate people's privacy. My personal opinion, additionally, is that by signing up a node on the Tor network, an operator is offering people a service that they hope to use in order to enhance their privacy. Anybody who offers people privacy and then deliberately invades that privacy is, in my opinion, a liar, and worse than a liar. Such a person would be betraying the very people who came to them for help. So please don't do it. yrs, -- Nick _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
