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Wie auf der TOR-Mailinglist "or-talk" und bei ravenhorst zu lesen ist,wird die Luft für die Privatsphäre in Deutschland immer dünner. Immer wieder und in letzter Zeit verstärkt kommen Betreiber von Anonymisierungsdiensten wie TOR in die Mühlen der Justiz. So berichtet der deutsche Betreiber Mirko Thiesen, der die Exit-Node NetWorkXXIII unterhält, wie unglaublich ignorant gegen seine Person ermittelt, wie seine Argumente vor und vom Gericht nicht erhört wurden:

[...] They had absolutely no doubts that I was at least somehow guilty. I explained in great detail what Tor is and what it is used for, and the judge asked me: "Is this illegal?" Wow - shouldn't she know?! I replied "No, of course not. Otherwise I wouldn't do it."

The judge and the public prosecutor realized soon that I probably wasn't the originator of the transaction in question. But instead of realizing the faults of the police and the public prosecutor's department (German laws say that they have to investigate all aspects of a crime and not just find someone that seems to be somehow guilty at first sight), they tried to construct a case of aiding and abetting ("Beihilfe") - they insisted that I most probably set up my node in order to help people committing crimes. Or at least I accepted that people would commit crimes using my Tor node. I asked "What about a postal service that delivers i.e. a bomb or a blackmail letter? Do they help people committing crimes as well?" They said that these two things could not be compared as a postal service offers transportation services whereas I offer anonymization services.[...]

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