eastwards

How safe is it exactly to run an exit node? I am from Europe and have a ton of unused bandwidth, but I can't even be bothered to open my mail - let alone deal with any legal stuff that might be brought on by me running one.

First of all, I highly appreciate what you guys are doing. Even though I rarely use TOR myself, I believe that maintaining uncensored Internet access is one of the most important factors to improving the global human condition.

That being said, stories such as this one scare me. For me, this reduces the question of whether or not to run an exit node into "Am I willing to potentially face prosecution just because some asshole decided to browse kiddie porn at my expense?"

I'm sure this is one of the main concerns that holds people back from running an exit node. The suggestions that you list make a lot of sense, but they are mostly reactive. Are there proactive means to fight this? I guess any form of technical counter-measure can be interpreted as a form of censorship..