Tor upgrades to make anonymous publishing safe

[Kevin Lancaster]

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 can reduce the risk of being identified when dissidents speak out against their governments, whistleblowers communicate with journalists and victims of domestic abuse seek help.

 

[ponder]

It always bugged me that the us military had a hand in this.

 

[longboy]

It always bugged me that the us military had a hand in this.

Tor can be broken and your identity compromised by government agencies and outside consultants according to news from the past year. The vulnerabilities lie not in tor itself, but in malicious websites and javascript/flash/compromised attachments that reveal your ip address when opened, according to those websites.

 

[garyc]

Tor can be broken and your identity compromised by government agencies and outside consultants according to news from the past year. The vulnerabilities lie not in tor itself, but in malicious websites and javascript/flash/compromised attachments that reveal your ip address when opened, according to those websites.

If someone is opening content downloaded via TOR then they should use Qubes OS or Whonix (or both) to avoid these exploits.

 

[semaphore]

Tor can be broken and your identity compromised by government agencies and outside consultants according to news from the past year. The vulnerabilities lie not in tor itself, but in malicious websites and javascript/flash/compromised attachments that reveal your ip address when opened, according to those websites.

Proper onion websites do not have javascript enabled.

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

Thanks @Thor - you rock!