[tor-relays] Tor and Diplomatic Immunity

[Duncan Guthrie]

Couldn't they run a regular relay node instead? This would help them blend in their traffic so to speak while also not having to put themselves at risk of being cut off.

On 6 September 2016 04:47:41 BST, Dave Warren <davew at hireahit.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Sep 5, 2016, at 11:24, Kenneth Freeman wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 09/04/2016 07:31 PM, Mirimir wrote:
>> > On 09/04/2016 09:11 AM, Kenneth Freeman wrote:
>> >> Do embassies and consulates run Tor nodes? AFAIK no studies have
>been
>> >> done on this, but diplomatic immunity and Tor would seem to be a
>match
>> >> made in Heaven.
>> > 
>> > Well, they need uplinks, right? I doubt that diplomatic immunity
>forces
>> > ISPs to serve them. Private routing is possible, of course, but is
>> > probably too expensive for most.
>> 
>> Whatever their budgetary considerations, embassies and consulates
>afford
>> diplomatic safe spaces for Tor nodes.
>
>At best, they provide a *legal* safe space, but it would only take an
>embassy having their local internet access terminated once or twice
>before they'd re-consider, absent any agreements which block service
>providers from doing such. I'd be surprise if such exist, although,
>it's
>certainly possible.
>
>Assuming we're talking exit nodes, anyway.
>
> 
>
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