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Update abuse faq to be a bit more honest

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@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ using technology?</a></li>
don't have the time or money to spend figuring out how to get
privacy online. This is the worst of all possible worlds. </p>
<p>So yes, criminals could in theory use Tor, but they already have
<p>So yes, criminals can use Tor, but they already have
better options, and it seems unlikely that taking Tor away from the
world will stop them from doing their bad things. At the same time, Tor
and other privacy measures can <em>fight</em> identity theft, physical
@ -171,29 +171,9 @@ using technology?</a></li>
<p>You might also find that your Tor relay's IP is blocked from accessing
some Internet sites/services. This might happen regardless of your exit
policy, because some groups don't seem to know or care that Tor has
exit policies. (If you have a spare IP not used for other activities,
you might consider running your Tor relay on it.) For example, </p>
<ul>
<li>Because of a few cases of anonymous jerks messing with its web
pages, Wikipedia is currently blocking many Tor relay IPs from writing
(reading still works). We're talking to Wikipedia about how they might
control abuse while still providing access to anonymous contributors,
who often have hot news or inside info on a topic but don't want to risk
revealing their identities when publishing it (or don't want to reveal
to local observers that they're accessing Wikipedia). Slashdot is also
in the same boat.</li>
<li>SORBS is putting some Tor relay IPs on their email
blacklist as well. They do this because they passively detect whether your
relay connects to certain IRC networks, and they conclude from this that
your relay is capable of spamming. We tried to work with
them to teach them that not all software works this way,
but we have given up. We recommend you avoid them, and <a
href="http://paulgraham.com/spamhausblacklist.html">teach your friends
(if they use them) to avoid abusive blacklists too</a>.</li>
</ul>
exit policies. (If you have a spare IP not used for other activities, you
might consider running your Tor relay on it.) In general, it's advisable
not to use your home internet connection to provide a Tor relay.</p>
<a id="IrcBans"></a>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="#IrcBans">Tor is banned from the IRC network I want to use.</a></h3>