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Twitter coincidentally introduces Tor service following Russian censorship

Enlarge (credit: Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency) Twitter has launched a new Tor onion service, a move that has been in the works for years but debuts as Russian President Vladimir Putin has clamped down on protests and independent media following his stalled invasion of Ukraine. “On behalf of @Twitter, I am delighted to announce […]

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Tor is under threat from Russian censorship and Sybil attacks

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Tor anonymity service and anticensorship tool has come under fire from two threats in recent weeks: The Russian government has blocked most Tor nodes in that country, and hundreds of malicious servers have been relaying traffic. Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media, known as […]