Comment on am i an idiot: selfhosting a Signal Proxy and/or a Tor Relay
poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Hosting a signal proxy is probably not a big deal if you don’t plan to ever travel to countries that have blocked Signal, but I would strongly advise against hosting a Tor exit node as a private individual. Tor is used for criminal activities all the time, and unless you have plausible deniability as an organization (and a good lawyer), it will fall back to you personally.
hamtron5000@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
maybe i can incorporate a 501c(3) and run it as an NGO, ha! but, seriously, fair point. i have heard both horror stories (SWAT teams bursting in in the middle of the night, etc) and bore-er stories (ran an exit node for 3 years, nothing ever happened). i guess i’m worried, and that worry maybe implies that i should not do it just yet. Signal proxy might be the way to go.