[tor-bugs] #21241 [Core Tor/DirAuth]: Should we stop setting AuthDirBadExitCC?

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#21241: Should we stop setting AuthDirBadExitCC?
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     Reporter:  arma              |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium            |  Milestone:
    Component:  Core Tor/DirAuth  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal            |   Keywords:
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 Sebastian points out that the original reasoning for #4923, which is that
 Vidalia users in Iran and Syria were clicking "make me a relay" without
 really understanding the implications, are long past.

 I looked over #4923 for hints about our previous mental state, and I found
 two points worth reading and thinking about:

 "if we learned that a given relay was logging all traffic that its users
 generate, and putting those logs up on its website, would we badexit that
 relay?"
 and
 "badexit is a blunt instrument and this makes us look like tools of the US
 government's bullshit and ill thought out internet policy talking points."

 In summary, I am now thinking that I've run out of good reasons to argue
 for keeping the {{{AuthDirBadExitCC sy,ir}}} line in my torrc file.

 What do other badexit-voting dir auth operators think?

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