[ad_1] When accessing the internet using Tor, a person’s location and identity is obscured using layers of encryption. The browser can access regular websites more anonymously than other browsers, or it can access hidden sites which have the .onion suffix. Typically, the unlisted sites which comprise the dark web are associated with illegal activities, but […]
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Hackers broke into a contractor for Russia’s spy agency
[ad_1] The most prominent of the projects, Nautilus-S, was meant to deanonymize Tor traffic and create a database of Tor users and devices. Work started on it in 2012, and it appears to have been put into use in 2014, when Swedish researchers discovered Russian Tor nodes trying to decipher data. It’s unclear how successful […]
Ultra-private Tor browser officially arrives on Android
[ad_1] “Mobile browsing is increasing around the world, and in some parts, it is commonly the only way people access the internet,” the company wrote in a blog post. “In these same areas, there is often heavy surveillance and censorship online, so we made it a priority to reach these users.” The Tor Browser is […]
US charges three Germans over massive dark web marketplace
[ad_1] A fourth man, Brazilian citizen Marcos Paulo De Oliveira-Annibale, has also been charged for serving as a moderator who settled vendor disputes and served as the public representative (albeit anonymously). Germany has filed its own set of charges against its three residents. The arrests came through a combination of slip-ups and the operators effectively […]