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"Anonymous" File-Sharing Darknet Ruled Illegal By German Court

Posted by timothy on from the your-virtual-papers-please dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A court in Hamburg, Germany, has granted an injunction against a user of the anonymous and encrypted file-sharing network RetroShare. RetroShare users exchange data through encrypted transfers and the network setup ensures that the true sender of the file is always obfuscated. The court, however, has now ruled that RetroShare users who act as an exit node are liable for the encrypted traffic that's sent by others."

5 of 285 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Exit node malware coming soon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone should hack the Judge's computer and use as an exit node....

  2. Re:Exit node malware coming soon by Sulphur · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someone should hack the Judge's computer and use as an exit node....

    Probably happened about two days ago.

  3. That German court ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... can kiss my exit node.

  4. Re:Note to self: by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone I know uses exit nodes located on Sandy Island.

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  5. Re:The Internet interprets censorship ... by Runaway1956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    AC = Anonymous Canadian, eh?

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