More than 1 million People now access Facebook Over Tor Network

In Brief
Facebook has hit another Milestone: More than 1 MILLION people, or you can say privacy conscious, are accessing Facebook over TOR.

Facebook proudly announced today that, this month, for the first time, the people connected to the anonymous version of Facebook that's accessible only through the TOR anonymity network exceeded 1 Million – an increase of almost 100% in the past ten

FBI is fighting back against Judge's Order to reveal TOR Exploit Code

Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was ordered to reveal the complete source code for the TOR exploit it used to hack visitors of the world’s largest dark web child pornography site, PlayPen.

Robert J. Bryan, the federal judge, ordered the FBI to hand over the TOR browser exploit code so that defence could better understand how the agency hacked over 1,000 computers and if

Subgraph OS — Secure Linux Operating System for Non-Technical Users

Information security and privacy are consistently hot topics after Edward Snowden revelations of NSA's global surveillance that brought the world's attention towards data protection and encryption as never before.



Moreover, just days after Windows 10's successful launch last summer, we saw various default settings in the Microsoft's newest OS that compromise users' privacy, making a large

Judge Confirms Government Paid CMU Scientists to Hack Tor Users for FBI

Everything is now crystal clear:



The security researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) were hired by the federal officials to discover a technique that could help the FBI Unmask Tor users and Reveal their IP addresses as part of a criminal investigation.



Yes, a federal judge in Washington has recently confirmed that the computer scientists at CMU's Software Engineering

Default Apache Configuration Can Unmask Tor Hidden Services

Attention Tor Onion Hosters!



A year old loophole in Apache Web Server, uncovered by an unknown Computer Science Student, could potentially unmask the real identity of .onion-domains and servers hidden behind the Tor-network.



Although the loophole was reported on Reddit and to the Tor Project months back, it recently came to the limelight soon after a tweet by Alec Muffet, a well-known

Facebook adds Built-in Tor Support for its Android App

Rejoice for Privacy Lovers!



Facebook today took a surprising move by announcing that it is bringing the free anonymizing software TOR support to its Android app, almost two years after the social network planned to make Facebook available directly over Tor network.



Yes. Believe it or not, the Android version of the popular Facebook application now supports the Tor

France will not Ban Public Wi-Fi Or Tor Network, Prime Minister Valls Confirms

Despite the French Ministry of Interior's demands, France will not ban the TOR anonymity network or Free public Wi-Fi as a way to help the law enforcement fight terrorism.



French Prime Minister Manual Valls has gone on record saying that a ban on Free public Wi-Fi is "not a course of action envisaged," and he is not in favor of banning the TOR anonymity network, either.



Following the

France wants to BAN Tor and Free Wi-Fi Services after Paris Terror Attacks

Now this was to be done, Sooner or Later – The Government.
In the wake of the recent deadly Paris terror attacks, the French government is considering new laws that would Ban access to Free Wi-Fi and the Tor anonymity network, according to a recent report by French newspaper Le Monde.
The report cites an internal document from the Ministry of Interior by French Department of Civil Liberties and

FBI denies paying $1 MILLION to Unmask Tor Users

Just day before yesterday, the Tor Project Director Roger Dingledine accused the FBI of paying the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) at least $1 Million to disclose the technique they had discovered to unmask Tor users and reveal their IP addresses.



However, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has denied the claims.



In a statement, the FBI spokeswoman said, "The allegation that we paid [

FBI reportedly Paid $1 Million to University Researchers for UnMasking Tor Users

The non-profit Tor Project has accused the FBI of paying the security researchers of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) at least $1 Million to disclose the technique they had discovered that could help them…



…Unmask Tor users as well as Reveal their IP addresses as part of a criminal investigation.



As evidence, the Tor Project points to the cyber attack that it discovered last year in

How Spies Could Unmask Tor Users without Cracking Encryption

The Onion Router (Tor) is weeping Badly!



Yes, Tor browser is in danger of being caught once again by the people commonly known as "Spies," who's one and only intention is to intrude into others’ network and gather information.



A team of security researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed digital attacks that can be used to unmask Tor hidden services in

Introducing 93Gbps High-Speed Tor-Like Encrypted Anonymous Network

I think you'll agree with me when I say:



It's quite hard to maintain anonymity on the Internet using the slow Tor network. Or is it?



Well, it turns out, you may soon boost your online anonymity dramatically with the help of a new high-speed anonymity network.



A group of six academics have developed a Tor network alternative for users that allows high-speed anonymous web surfing,

Why Tor Shuts Down its Anonymous Cloud Service?

Why Tor Cloud Project Shuts Down?



Yes, you heard that right. The Tor project has announced that it’s closing down its Tor Cloud service that allowed users to donate bandwidth for browsing the web anonymously.



The Tor Project is a non-profit organization behind the Tor anonymizing network that allows any online user to browse the Internet without the fear of being tracked. And one of its