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I'm looking at getting a 10 gigabit network switch. I only have 3 devices that could use that speed right now but I do plan on upgrading things over time.

Any recommendations?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't run a Tor node in places that have censorship laws or problems with freedom. In places such as the US and most of Europe it should be totally fine to run a node. What the network really needs is more middle nodes. You can inform your ISP and the local police of what you are doing just to be sure.

The only time you could get into trouble is when you are running a exit node. ISPs and police have mistakenly classified out nodes as local traffic. It is recommended that only organizations such as universities run Tor exit nodes. However, it is important to keep in mind that to my knowledge no one has ever been arrested for running a exit node in a western country.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

However, it is important to keep in mind that to my knowledge no one has ever been arrested for running a exit node in a western country.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41505009

There links to other occurrences of arrest in the comments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's just for a exit node. I explicitly stated that one should only let larger organizations run a node.

Also, my original comment still stands about no one being arrested

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

What do you mean by not being arrested? I would say German police putting a black bag on your head and taking you to their station in the middle of the night is something one could consider an arrest.