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    I heard of a guy who went to prison because he bought something from Allegro (Polish Amazon) over TOR. Someone used the same exit node for hacking, so they pinned it on him.

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        Poland.

        He could’ve easily got it solved but he didn’t have money and the public defender just told him confessing was the best option.

        It might be a legend, it’s just a thing that supposedly happened to someone in a community I participate in.

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        “Czesc, I am Mister Anonymous. I would like to buy this Book. Please send it to Jan Pawel at this address, dziekuje.”

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        It provides anonymity in much the same sense as going into the bank while wearing a skimask does. Every form of anonymity service always puts you in close range to be grabbed by the authorities, as while your traffic might be anonymized, the fact that you are running the service is not.