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Tor Project removes relays because of for-profit, risky activity
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this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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I don't get how they intended to make money by running a relay? What was the business plan here?
Selling the data, presumably
What data? Tor is designed in a way you don't have any useable data if you don't control a significant portion of the network. And even if they could control it, how much is that data worth anyways? ISPs don't get rich selling traffic data afaik. Blackmail maybe?