The TOR Project promises its users a modicum of privacy protection from would-be information gatherers, both smalltime crooks and nation-state cybersecurity agencies. But do these promises hold up to scrutiny? And who is behind the TOR Project itself? And why did a TOR developer recently doxx a critic on Twitter? Joining us today to dissect this onion stew is Pearse Redmond of Porkins Policy Review.
SHOW NOTES:
Tor Project Overview
Tor, CSpace And ZRTP Are Your Passport To Anonymity
Porkins Policy Radio episode 26 Peeling the onion behind Tor, EFF, and John Perry Barlow
Almost everyone involved in developing Tor was (or is) funded by the US government
EFF Becomes Omidyar Network Partner
Snowden’s First Move Against the NSA Was a Party in Hawaii
High-Traffic Colluding Tor Routers in Washington, D.C., and the Ugly Truth About Online Anonymity
Embassy leaks highlight pitfalls of Tor
How the NSA got to anonymized Tor users
‘Spoiled Onions’ in the Tor Network, Researchers Find
Has Tor been bugged by the NSA?
TOR: “Solidarity against online harassment”
Taxpayer-Funded Privacy Advocates, Liberal Pundits, and Nazi-Rapist-Snitch Allies Make Case for Doxxing Critics. You Are Literally Next.
Shit I Never Tweeted: A Heretic’s Lament
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