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French Prime Minister Denies Tor and Public Wi-Fi Ban Demand
Earlier this week, leaked documents revealed that French police were pressuring President Francois Hollande (pictured above) to ban the Tor browser and to block public Wi-Fi in a state of emergency. Hollande’s Prime Minister, however, has denied that any such demand was made, and added that the French government would…
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France Looks to Ban Tor and Public Wi-Fi
In the wake of the Paris terror attacks, French police has submitted proposals to ban anonymous web browser Tor and block Wi-Fi networks in public places to President Francois Hollande (pictured), according to French newspaper Le Monde (via Business Insider). La Monde has acquired documents that show the French government…
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Carnegie Mellon University Responds to Allegations it Took $1m to Take Down Tor
Last week, The Onion Router team claimed that Carnegie Mellon University had taken $1 million from the FBI to compromise its Tor browser. The University has now spoken out about the allegations, with a statement denying that it receives any money for information it provides police and intelligence organisations. In…
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Tor Exit Nodes Hit by Large-Scale DDoS Attacks From the UK
Several operators have reported that their Tor exit nodes have been hit by large-scale DDoS attacks originating in the UK. While some abnormalities have been written off by users as “graph glitches”, the attacks have coincided with the disappearance of the Abraxas Marketplace, which has made some users quite edgy.…
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FBI Allegedly Paid Carnegie Mellon University $1m to Break Tor
The Onion Network (or Tor), a free browser designed to allow anonymous, encrypted internet communication, has been the bane of law enforcement and intelligence agencies since its inception (though the NSA reportedly peeled back Tor’s layers years ago), with the FBI keen on acquiring powers to see through both Tor…
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Linux Systems Targeted by New Ransomware
Ransomware is a particularly nasty piece of malware that has become even more popular in recent years. Initially, malware was designed to just disrupt or damage a person’s computers or files. Then came ransomware, designed to benefit the creator by either disturbing or denying access to their files the ransomware…
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Homeland Security Stopped This Library From Making Tor Available to Public
Browsing online became a service that people watched more carefully after Edward Snowden revealed the extent at which our online activity was being monitored, from every web address to the very content of our private and confidential emails, we were being watched. A library in Lebanon, New Hampshire, decided that…
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Tor Network Receives Anonymity Boost
The Tor network is commonly referred to as ‘The Dark Web’ and perceived as an encrypted space to exchange illegal goods or engage in unscrupulous activities. While this is generally true, it only accounts for a specific portion of TOR users and there are legitimate case scenarios. This viewpoint is…
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Tor Users Beware – You May Not Be As Hidden As You Thought
Tor claims to allow people to connect to the internet and through their network become invisible and untrackable, this has made it very popular in recent years in which privacy online has become a big issue for both companies and home users alike. Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and…
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How Ross Ulbricht Ended up in Prison for Life
Have you heard of the Silk Road? It’s been pretty big news recently. The website was the core of “the dark web” – a side of the internet that was only accessible to the uppermost of criminals. The main person behind the Silk Road (Ross Ulbricht) was convicted for Life…
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Astoria: The New NSA-Beating Tor Client
International intelligence agencies, such as the US National Security Agency (NSA), may have developed the ability to peel back the layers of The Onion Router network some time ago, but hackers and activists are determined to preserve their anonymity, developing a new Tor client that even the NSA can’t crack.…
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FBI Seeks to Track Tor and VPN Users
The FBI is attempting to circumvent the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution in order to spy on The Onion Network (Tor) and Virtual Proxy Network (VPN) users. According to the Foundation for Economic Education: The investigative arm of the Department of Justice is attempting to short-circuit the legal checks…
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Tor Reassures Users After Hack Attempt
The Tor Project, victims of an attempted hack by a group known as Lizard Squad, has reassured users that the threat is being dealt with and that users’ anonymity remains intact. It seems that Lizard Squad launched what is known as a Cybil attack, creating new relays in the…
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Lizard Squad Attacks Tor
Lizard Squad, the hacker group responsible for the Christmas Day attacks on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, has turned its sights upon anonymous internet server, Tor (The Onion Network). https://twitter.com/LizardMafia/status/548525026027507712 Lizard Squad’s latest attack seems to be designed to compromise users’ anonymity by commandeering Tor’s relay nodes. If the hackers…
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Librem, an Impressive Open Source Laptop
If you’ve a spare $1,949 and are in the market for a new laptop, you could do worse than investing in a Librem, the new open source PC from San Francisco-based company, Purism. Currently seeking crowdfunding on Crowd Supply, the Librem, advertised by Purism as a “Free and Open Source…
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