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@Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca on lemmy.ca Open parent
What are the hidden risks of using this extension?
I have been using it for more than a week and now am worried about the consequences that I am not sure are true or not! I am worried that by allowing random users to surf using my network to prevent surveillance, someone will use my address to do malicious things, and I will get into legal consequences. Also, what if many services blacklist my IP address so eventually I get a lot of restrictions in my browing experience. Furthermore, will this extension increase my fingerprint? Are these thoughts valid, or am I just overthinking? If anyone knows, please comment.
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@dwt@feddit.org on feddit.org Open parent
Definitely possible to get into legal consequences in Germany, because we have a law that makes you responsible for actions of strangers on your network. That’s why we front clubs /associations (not sure how to properly translate that) to take the legal risk for this. For example freifunk e.v. freifunk.net Someone else will have to comment for the legal situation in the us though.
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@M1k3y@discuss.tchncs.de on discuss.tchncs.de Open parent
Snowflake is different though, because you just forward encrypted traffic from users into tor. Your just a bridge from one network into another and don’t send any malicious data data to random servers. Only the exit nodes have that legal issue.
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@obinice@lemmy.world · Mar 10
Functionally it may be different, but if I’m sat at a table with another user, next to a criminal gun salesman and their customer, the salesman passes me a gun, and I pass the gun to the other user, who then passes it to the customer, am I not just as guilty of facilitating that illegal exchange? I understand that one could try to make that argument aimed at an ISP or internet infrastructure in general, but in this case the added element is that we are individuals, we know people are often using these services for illicit means, and we still choose to facilitate their use. Honestly I don’t know if I agree with my own argument 100%, but it’s something someone could argue, and it’s worth some thought before deciding to become a part of that shadowy community. Especially knowing there’s a good chance at some point you’re a willing link in the chain for criminal activity, even if it probably can’t be traced back to you. Hmm, food for thought I suppose.
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