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Seattle cops demand passwords to TOR exit node
Two outspoken privacy activists were awakened at 6:15 a.m. by a team of six detectives from the Seattle Police Department, who demanded passwords [sophos.com] to access the couple’s computers, saying they were investigating child abuse imagery.
Police obtained a warrant after tracing the illegal imagery to the couple's home IP address, but police also knew [npr.org] they host an exit node for the Tor network.
The police department acknowledged that no child porn was found [thestranger.com], no assets were seized, and no arrests were made. But the couple reported being "petrified" and felt "violated" anyway.
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