Black Hat talk on Tor exploit cancelled by lawyers
Boring Carnegie-Mellon University lawyers have scuppered one of the most hotly anticipated talks at the Black Hat conference – which would have explained how $3,000 of kit could unmask Tor hidden...
View ArticleUS government increased funding of Tor in 2013
Despite attempts by the National Security Agency to crack the anonymous browser, the US increased state funding through third parties. Tor, the internet anonymiser, received more than $1.8m in funding...
View ArticleSuccessful Tor de-anonymising attack uncovered
On July 4 2014 we found a group of relays that we assume were trying to deanonymize users. They appear to have been targeting people who operate or access Tor hidden services. The attack involved...
View ArticleThe Ubuntu Shopping Lens and UK privacy law
It was almost two years ago that the infamous Shopping Lens feature was added to a beta preview of Ubuntu 12.10. Plenty of folk did not like the idea of having their Ubuntu suddenly transformed into an...
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