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Man Found Guilty of Child Porn, Because He Ran a Tor Exit Node::undefined

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does he/people get paid for running the exit node?

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are 7,000+ Tor relays, and 2,000+ bridges being run by entities including individuals, orgs, corporations, and most likely governments. (https://metrics.torproject.org/networksize.html) So, the answer is yes, no, and something in between. He himself didn't say, but the article portrayed him as being an individual who believed in free speech, an activity which Tor does help support.