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January 8th, 2016

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This is the web browser you should be using if you care at all about security

No matter what you’ve heard about the Tor network, the basics of the service are simple: Tor keeps anyone who uses it safe, secure, and anonymous on the Internet.
Originally created by the U.S. Navy, Tor can be used to browse the Web anonymously, send and receive private communications, or make other computer software anonymous by integrating it with Tor software.
Tor’s reputation, however, is less straightforward. Many equate the anonymity the network provides with those who decide to use it for illegal purposes.
From terms like “Dark Net” and ”Deep Web” to who actually uses the privacy software, here’s everything you need to know about Tor.

Want to learn more about how journalists are using Tor to find and verify stories? Check out the notes from ONA15′s Plunging Into the Dark Net with Andy Greenberg, Alex Winter and Sarah Jeong,

Reblogged from Salon

January 8th, 2016

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ProPublica Launches the Dark Web’s First Major News Site | WIRED

Andy Greenberg writes:

On Wednesday, ProPublica became the first known major media outlet to launch a version of its site that runs as a “hidden service” on the Tor network, the anonymity system that powers the thousands of untraceable websites that are sometimes known as the darknet or dark web. The move, ProPublica says, is designed to offer the best possible privacy protections for its visitors seeking to read the site’s news with their anonymity fully intact. Unlike mere SSL encryption, which hides the content of the site a web visitor is accessing, the Tor hidden service would ensure that even the fact that the reader visited ProPublica’s website would be hidden from an eavesdropper or Internet service provider.

(Source: Wired)

December 1st, 2015

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There is no computer security program out there with 100% confidence that everything you do is going to be safe. We can provide a high probability of safety and get better all the time. But no computer software ever written is able to provide absolute certainty. Have a back-up plan.

Tor chief architect Nick Mathewson

Can Tor protect the 2 million people who use it every day? Read more: The attack that broke the Dark Web—and how Tor plans to fix it | Fusion

(Source: fusion.net)

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From terms like “Dark Net” and ”Deep Web” to who actually uses the privacy software, here’s everything you need to know about Tor.

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