Twitter now on Tor
Twitter Inc. has launched a version of its social media service for the Tor internet browser, a move that could help keep user activity and information secure from potential Russian surveillance given crackdowns on free speech in the country.
Websites on Tor include a...
Tor upgrades to make anonymous publishing safe
In the coming months, the Seattle-based nonprofit The Tor Project will be making some changes to improve how the Tor network protects users’ privacy and security. The free network lets users browse the internet anonymously. For example, using Tor...
Hardened version of Tor Browser coming
Researchers are working on a hardened version of the Tor Browser that defends against exploits, such as the one the FBI allegedly used against browsers.
The Supreme Court approved new rules on Thursday that would potentially give the FBI the authority to hack any computer in the United States, and potentially computers located overseas as well. Those hidden by Tor technology will also be vulnerable.
Now the Congress have until December 1 to...
We did not hack Tor for money: Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University said it did not help the FBI find the identities of Tor users for a large payout.
Good day all,
My ISP is iBurst, ADSL, 4mbp line. I was trying to download the Tor browser and iBurst throttled me to 12 bytes per second. At the time I was downloading other applications and the speed for them was good. I checked that it wasn't the tor project site and the site was fine...
U.S. government did not get Tor data
The U.S. Department of Defense did not receive personal data on users of Internet privacy service Tor through a government-funded project to detect vulnerabilities
Tor users attacked, possibly monitored
Tor, the Internet privacy protecting service, said it had discovered a compromise on its network that indicated somebody was trying to monitor the activity of its users
“Breaking Tor” talk cancelled at Black Hat
A highly anticipated talk on how to identify users of the Internet privacy service Tor has been withdrawn from the upcoming Black Hat security conference
I came across this article today about how Snowden used a version of Linux tailored for anonymous messaging
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/
Seems like it was created by the navy but had the NSA beat - so much so that Snowden knew they could not crack it and was confident using it...