I’m currently renting a small VPS for my self-hosted services, and I have some spare capacity. So I was wondering, are there any downsides that I might be overlooking?
My self-hosted services are on a URL with my real name. Could there be any privacy or legal implications for me? (I don’t live under an authoritarian regime)
However, this proxy does not seem to be “within” the tor network itself, right? I’m just connecting someone to the first entry node on the system, correct?
Would I be transmitting unencrypted data? In other words, would an outsider be able to tell that I’m transmitting something illegal to a person accessing tor?
I did… Until the police knocked on my door. They said I was lucky because they decided to ask questions first, but they technically could have siezed every computer in my house without warning. I don’t think you’d ever get convicted for something obviously done over tor, but having your stuff taken while they investigate is really inconvenient.
People who accept the fact that they will have to explain to the non-technical police that they are not the ones who did something bad and they’re only the exit-node operators. And, of course, the three-letter agencies.
I skimmed over the page you linked and it sounds like an ‘exit node’, or more precisely, just a proxy. So all the traffic looks like it’s coming from you.
From OP’s link under the “operate a Snowflake proxy” section
You can join thousands of volunteers from around the world who have a Snowflake proxy installed and running. There is no need to worry about which websites people are accessing through your Snowflake proxy. Their visible browsing IP address will match their Tor exit node, not yours.
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