Human Folly about “Tor”

Firefox Tor IndexedDB privacy vulnerability (fingerprint.com):
#IndexedDB ordering (of database names) forms a stable process-lifetime identifier in #Firefox, presumably because of some kind of hash table randomization. “In Tor Browser, the stable identifier persists even through the “New Identity” feature, which is designed to be a full reset that clears cookies and browser history and uses new #Tor circuits.” #security
on 02026-04-24
The secret history of Tor how a military project became a lifeline for privacy (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu):
#Tor #privacy #news #toread
on 02025-08-08
Examining how the great firewall discovers hidden circumvention servers (fermatslibrary.com):
#China’s “great firewall” or “Golden Shield” uses active probing to discover servers of #censorship circumvention systems like #Tor. (#PDF #paper by Ensafi, ..., and Vern Paxson on annotation site Fermat’s Library.)
on 02016-11-21
Mozilla awards 385000 to open source projects as part of moss mission partners program (blog.mozilla.org):
#Mozilla is #funding #Tor and Tails, among other projects.
on 02016-06-27
Wpamqkw8 (pastebin.com):
The internal IRC log when Dave Chasteen came out as a former undercover #CIA agent six months after being hired by #Tor as a project manager
on 02016-06-26
Catching pedophiles running secret dark web Tor honeypot (geekslop.com):
A #Tor #onionservice pedophile honeypot
on 02015-08-05