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Recently, a corporation that I am afflicted with has decided to block all access from Tor. This is fine except the fact they apparently downloaded the entire Tor database and plugged all IP addresses into their block list... including relays.
In case you don't know how Tor works I will explain it briefly, to be succinct: Guard âž› Relay âž› Exit Point.
Guard: When connecting to the tor network you first connect to a guard. Relay: The guard connects to the Relay. Exit Point: The Relay Connects to the Exit Point.
When accessing the Clearnet through Tor, you are given the IP address of the EXIT POINT. NOT the guard's IP address and not the relay's IP address. Server logs show the Exit Point's IP address rather than your own, hence the name exit point.
What is the difference between guard's, relay's and exit point's then? It is clear in the name: Guards are like relays except they are the first point of the connections. Relay RELAYS internet information to the exit point. Exit point is what does all the connections for you.
Yes, exit points can be used for abuse, but RELAYS have no way of telling what is abuse or not. "You are transporting the abuse to other people." It is just more than 'transporting abuse', the privacy benefits of using Tor outweigh the 'transporting abuse'; and anyone who thinks RELAYS themselves allow abuse are total brainlets. You are just punishing people who want to help increase privacy against the increasing global corporate and government surveillance states. Relay's RELAY ALL TRAFFIC which might include abuse, or it might include Muhammed complaining about his government but he has to complain over Tor because otherwise his government might cut his head off. Go fugg yourselves. I am really fuming right now.