Tor

While the OTF presents itself as independent internet freedom activists, their funding, staff, history and choice of targets all point to the conclusion that they are a digital weapon being used against Washington’s enemies. 
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MintCast hosts Whitney Webb and Alan MacLeod recently interviewed investigative journalist Yasha Levine about his most recent book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet and his most recent articles on the xenophobia that lies beneath Russiagate and how this new anti-Russia fervor has impacted the Russian-American immigrant community at the national level.

Tor is a browser that claims to allow users complete anonymity and is used to navigate the dark web. The Tor Project, hailed as a bulwark against the encroaching surveillance state, has received funding from a US government agency called the BBG and, according to newly released documents, is cooperating with intelligence agencies. Tor has been endorsed by Julian Assange and Edward Snowden who claimed that the US government would not be able to subvert it. [...]

This report has been updated thanks to new revelations from the work of investigative journalist Yasha Levine and his research into the Tor project for his new book Surveillance Valley.

It’s going to be much harder to view the full web in Russia before the year is out. President Putin has signed a law that, as of November 1st, bans technology which lets you access banned websites, including virtual private networks and proxies. Internet providers will have to block websites hosting these tools. The measure is ostensibly meant to curb extremist content, but that’s just pretext — this is really about preventing Russians from seeing content that might be critical of Putin, not to mention communicating in secret.

5 juli-podden – för dig som vill vara uppdaterad i debatten om internet, övervakning och fri- & rättigheter.Regeringen vill ändra Sveriges mediegrundlagar (Tryckfrihetsförordningen och Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen) så att de inte ger grundlagsskydd till sökbara databaser såsom Lexbase. Vi går igenom de viktigaste förslagen i den lagrådsremiss som kom förra veckan.Men först ett nyhetssvep:

The Russian police have arrested Tor node operator Dmitry Bogatov. They charged him with terrorism offense and the reason for this, as they claim, is the connection between his IP address and a series of posts allegedly inciting dissent and disorder.

Hackread: Russian Tor Relay Operator Facing Terrorism Charges »

Yesterday, Friday, the Russian Duma held its first (of three) readings to adopt a law making use of TOR and VPN illegal.
The plan is to make access to sites blocked by net censor authority Roskomnadzor illegal. And there are plenty of them.