SCREW YOU, FEDS! Dozen or more US libraries line up to run Tor exit nodes

[friendly_iconoclast]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/17/library_freedom_project_dozen_more_tor_nodes/

A dozen libraries across the US have asked for details on how to host Tor exit nodes following a decision by the small town of Lebanon, New Hampshire, to forego police warnings.

Following a decision by the library's board of trustees earlier this week to put the exit node back online, the founder of the Library Freedom Project, Alison Macrina, said that she had heard from a number of other libraries interested in hosting Tor nodes...

...There was consternation at the government's actions, however, and the issue quickly centered on freedom of speech. At its meeting, following the vocal backing of residents, the board unanimously decided to turn it back on.

Macrina now says that the DHS' efforts have put her project on the map. "This has catalyzed additional libraries and community members," she told Motherboard. "Folks have emailed me saying 'We don't care if it gets shut down, we want to push back against [the DHS]'."

Note: this is a follow-up to

First Library to Support Anonymous Internet Browsing Effort Stops After DHS Email

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016131944

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11681466

and

Library’s Tor relay—which had been pulled after Feds noticed—now restored

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11681473


The Library Freedom Project site can be found at:

https://libraryfreedomproject.org/

[PatrickforO]

1. These people do need to push back.

That's really good. I've never used Tor, but you know what? The internet is neutral, and SHOULD belong to the public, not some paranoid group that represents the Deep State. They just don't like it because they can't SEE what people do on it. But then, they shouldn't be able to see what ANY of us do, or where we go, or what we say unless there is good cause.

Fuck the Patriot Act.