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Is Tor a Honeypot?

posted by janrinok on Monday November 17 2014, @04:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the toss-a-coin dept.

shortscreen writes:

In July, Yasha Levine reported on a number of apparent conflicts of interest concerning the Tor project and those who promote it as a means of protecting one's anonymity online. In addition, evidence is presented that Tor users are actively being surveiled by the NSA, including a leaked NSA document noting the opportunity presented by this "critical mass" of targets. A follow up article reveals the hostile response from some Tor advocates.

Recently we saw law enforcement exercise their capability to identify and shutdown sites hidden via Tor.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Monday November 17 2014, @05:10PM

    by Arik (4543) on Monday November 17 2014, @05:10PM (#116819) Journal
    Unless your government gets the information from our government...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 18 2014, @03:07AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 18 2014, @03:07AM (#117085)
    An extra step is still better.