<story><title>Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node</title><url>https://lowendbox.com/blog/man-found-guilty-of-child-porn-because-he-ran-a-tor-exit-node-the-story-of-william-weber/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bell-cot</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Competent&lt;/i&gt; corrupt officials can do the math, and understand ongoing 1X bribes are far better than poisoning their money tree by stupidly accepting a one-time 10X bribe.</text></item><item><author>Wowfunhappy</author><text>&amp;gt; Further, as Kosovo is an extremely corrupt country, we are able to bribe both executive and judicative as well as getting information about court orders and raids before execution.&lt;p&gt;What happens if someone else is willing to pay a higher bribe than you are...?</text></item><item><author>schroeding</author><text>Wow, the website of his hosting company[1] is, eh, extremly honest:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Further, as Kosovo is an extremely corrupt country, we are able to bribe both executive and judicative as well as getting information about court orders and raids before execution, enabling us to move servers out of the affected location, protecting our clients in any situation. Our excellent Serbian connections enable us to also move servers cross-border and play &amp;quot;ping pong&amp;quot; between both countries, essentially keeping content online forever.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;basehost.eu&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;basehost.eu&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>optimalsolver</author><text>“There&amp;#x27;s probably no one so easily bribed, but he lacks even the fundamental honesty of honorable corruption. He doesn&amp;#x27;t stay bribed; not for any sum.”&lt;p&gt;-Discussion of a rather sinister court official in Isaac Asimov&amp;#x27;s &amp;#x27;Foundation And Empire&amp;#x27;</text></comment>
<story><title>Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node</title><url>https://lowendbox.com/blog/man-found-guilty-of-child-porn-because-he-ran-a-tor-exit-node-the-story-of-william-weber/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bell-cot</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Competent&lt;/i&gt; corrupt officials can do the math, and understand ongoing 1X bribes are far better than poisoning their money tree by stupidly accepting a one-time 10X bribe.</text></item><item><author>Wowfunhappy</author><text>&amp;gt; Further, as Kosovo is an extremely corrupt country, we are able to bribe both executive and judicative as well as getting information about court orders and raids before execution.&lt;p&gt;What happens if someone else is willing to pay a higher bribe than you are...?</text></item><item><author>schroeding</author><text>Wow, the website of his hosting company[1] is, eh, extremly honest:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Further, as Kosovo is an extremely corrupt country, we are able to bribe both executive and judicative as well as getting information about court orders and raids before execution, enabling us to move servers out of the affected location, protecting our clients in any situation. Our excellent Serbian connections enable us to also move servers cross-border and play &amp;quot;ping pong&amp;quot; between both countries, essentially keeping content online forever.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;basehost.eu&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;basehost.eu&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hesdeadjim</author><text>I’ve seen it in the business world, but trust is everything and if you break it once even accidentally good luck. When crime enters the picture you probably won’t ever get more than a single chance, or worse, be in physical danger if you do.</text></comment>