[tor-relays] AU Relays and data retention

[Scott Bennett]

teor <teor2345 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > On 4 Oct 2017, at 22:52, teor <teor2345 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > But I'm not a lawyer, so you should get your own lawyer.
> > Or run a relay outside Australia.
>
> Or run an exit, because exits never know client IP addresses.
> All they know is the destination. And internet destinations are
> excluded from Australia's retention regime.
>
     That might not be good enough.  An Exit node can also be an entry point
to the tor network.  An Exit node can also even be a Guard node.  Also, an
exit node need not be an Exit node, depending upon the particular ExitPolicy
involved.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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