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 […]
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 […]
Expand (charge: Westend61 / / Getty Images) The Tor anonymity system has created controversy nearly constantly since its beginning nearly two decades back. Supporters say it is an essential support for protecting online privacy and abusing censorship, especially in states with bad human rights documents. Critics, meanwhile, assert that Tor protects offenders distributing child-abuse pictures, […]