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Android malware seen using TOR anonymity network

2014-02-26 13:54:58| InfoWorld: Top News

Kaspersky Lab has spotted malware for the Android mobile operating system employing the TOR anonymity network, a development previously only seen on Windows. TOR, short for The Onion Router, is software that offers users a greater degree of privacy when browsing the Internet by routing encrypted traffic between a user and a website through a network of worldwide servers. TOR can also be used to host websites on a hidden network.

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Onion Pi, the Diy Tor Wireless Access Point You Always Wanted and May One Day Need

2014-02-07 04:12:47| Wireless - Topix.net

With all the bad press that TOR has had of late, you can probably forgive most mainstream users for thinking that it is a hive of scum and villainy - because the mainstream press overlooks all of the good that it does in keeping lines of communication open in conflict zones and allowing professional reporters and citizen journalists in countries ... (more)

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Tor Stands Tall Against the NSA

2013-10-08 02:04:13| TechNewsWorld

The National Security Agency tried to crack the encryption protecting the Tor network -- known as a bulletproof vehicle for anonymous communication -- but was unable to do so, according to news reports based on revelations provided by former NSA systems administrator Edward Snowden. Undaunted, the agency and its British counterpart, GCHQ, then reportedly used a flaw in older versions of Firefox instead.

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