Tor Node Operator Freed from Custody

[Razroid]

Dmitry Bogatov was arrested on April 6th, in Moscow, charged with “inciting terrorist activities”. The basis of these allegations was that Bogatov had posted a still image from rapper Jay-Z’s “No Church in the Wild” music video. Yes, that’s right. Bogatov was arrested for supposedly posting an American music video. Granted, the still image was one of a gang of masked men armed and throwing molotov cocktails. There was much doubt surrounding his imprisonment, as the poster of that video was actually a man named Airat Bashirov, who had been using a VPN to post that video. The VPN’s IP Address happened to coincide with Bogatov’s IP Address, and Bogatov was arrested. Bogatov was a math lecturer of the Moscow University of Finance and Law. But more importantly, he ran a Tor, an anonymous web and deep web browser, exit node from his house. Running an exit node from your house in the United States has never resulted in equipment seizures, but many other countries are cracking down on anonymization software, and Russia is on the forefront of this effort.

[Ion]

Why tf does anyone care? Bust one node and more will pop up. Useless effort to me.

[Razroid]

Why tf does anyone care? Bust one node and more will pop up. Useless effort to me.

If you found 1 you can find another. I posted it cuz talk about my country

[ngclassic]

its fake info. this guy is on bagamas

[[MPGH]arunforce]

Why tf does anyone care? Bust one node and more will pop up. Useless effort to me.

I think a lot of Russians would stop hosting a TOR if they can get arrested for other people using their network.

[Razroid]

I think a lot of Russians would stop hosting a TOR if they can get arrested for other people using their network.

Unfortunately due to the new laws, for people who want to remain anonymous I think that is fine, but I do not promote that for people who deal with weapons or things of that style

[Ion]

I think a lot of Russians would stop hosting a TOR if they can get arrested for other people using their network.

Didn't think about that perspective