[chisleu]

It is plenty safe to run exit nodes. If your host complains, there is even form letters to send. The government knows that seizing an exit node will not help them in anyway (one can go online immediately.)

Do you think Amazon gets raided? Do you know how many exit nodes are in AWS? My guess is lots because I know 2 people who have them and I don't know a lot of people.

[Shank]

AWS specifically says "no" to hosting exit relays. In fact, here's a large list of ISPs and their policies: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISP...

It's also worth noting that there are a large set of tips and guidelines to follow for exit relay operators: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki//doc/TorExitGu...

[dingaling]

> It is plenty safe to run exit nodes

... in someone else's data center.

Never, ever in your own home. If you are raided ALL your computers and ancillaries will be seized.

[linuxguy2]

I've ran an exit node in my home for several years and the worst I've seen as a result of it is several DMCA notices and one polite call from the police in another state.

[Karunamon]

Even that is too much contact for some people. A sane average person wants as little contact with the legal system and authority types as humanly possible, and for good reason.

[corin_]

Even if so far everyone has that exact worst case experience, that doesn't mean tomorrow you won't be arrested for somebody viewing illegal material through your exit host. I know people who've sold drugs and never had any problem, it doesn't mean I'm going to start doing it presuming its safe based off their anecdotes.

[AnthonyMouse]

That is very much like saying you shouldn't express your political views because you don't know if tomorrow they'll be made retroactively illegal.

And the criticism of anecdotal evidence is that it may not be a representative sample. So what is the actual percentage of Tor exit node operators who have been incarcerated for it in the US then? Is it not 0%?

[gcb0]

you can be raided just the same.

fbi will probably send one agent to pick up the server in the data center, and 20 others will be picking you up at your credit card billing address.

[mirimir]

That's why you want to rent your server as anonymously as possible. It's also why most hosting providers don't like anonymous customers. And those that are cool with it often charge more.

[pmalynin]

Ummm, yes. Amazon just got raided yesterday: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31000904

[motoboi]

>Do you think Amazon gets raided?

Did you hear of Lavabit?

Do you know they can force Amazon to handle access to all your running instances and you simple will never be informed?