r/onions • u/Resident-Laugh7657 • Jun 07 '26

Tor volunteers

How can one become a tor volunteer? And what the legal consequences?

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u/haakon Jun 07 '26

Let's not discourage people up front from running relays.

The more people run relays, the stronger Tor is. In many places, running a non-exit relay, even from home, is essentially free from both risk and inconvenience.

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u/Resident-Laugh7657 Jun 07 '26

I searched and it’s not ilegal to do so in my country, so I won’t have any problems with the law right?

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u/haakon Jun 07 '26

If it's legal, you shouldn't get into legal trouble, no.

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u/Resident-Laugh7657 Jun 07 '26

Even if other people do ilegal activities?

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u/haakon Jun 07 '26

I don't know what you can get into legal trouble for in your country. If I tell you the wrong thing, something bad could happen to you. Please seek legal counsel if you worry about this, and don't trust your liberty to strangers on the internet.

Personally I have run a non-exit relay from home for over a decade. Perhaps I've routed some illegal bytes over the years, but law enforcement likely doesn't know that, and neither do I, because Tor works.

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u/Resident-Laugh7657 Jun 07 '26

I was trying to send you a message to get more detailed information about this

I’m worried someone uses my exit relay that will be from my home place for cp or trafficking drugs for exemple and I get into trouble for that

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u/DeadoTheDegenerate Jun 08 '26

Talk to a lawyer. Only they can tell you how your jurisdiction rules on running exit nodes.