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Researchers Face Jail Risk For Tor Snooping Study

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the learning-is-dangerous-business dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A group of researchers from the University of Colorado and University of Washington could face both civil and criminal penalties for a research project (PDF) in which they snooped on users of the Tor anonymous proxy network. Should federal prosecutors take interest in the project, the researchers could also face up to 5 years in jail for violating the Wiretap Act. The researchers neither sought legal review of the project nor ran it past their Institutional Review Board. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has written a legal guide for Tor admins, strongly advises against any sort of network monitoring."

2 of 121 comments (clear)

  1. My defense is unstoppable by mattwarden · · Score: 1, Troll

    Bush made me do it.

  2. Re:You can't jail them@ by jeff419 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Jail the scientists but give money and immunity to telecoms?

    Just how F'd up is this country going to get?