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Dark web voter database report casts new doubts on Russian election hack narrative

A new report showing that US state-level voter databases were publicly available calls into question the narrative that Russian intelligence “targeted” US state election-related websites in 2016. A September 1 report in the Moscow daily Kommersant on a “dark web” site offering a database of personal information on millions of registered American voters undermines one of the central themes of the Russia hysteria pervading US politics. Democratic politicians and corporate media pundits have long accepted it as fact that Russian intelligence […]

Dark Web: The darkest corner of internet

New Delhi: Buying illegal items has never been easier. With a click of a mouse, one can purchase almost any illegal commodity and get it delivered to any location worldwide. Be it an automatic pistol, or drugs from western countries, the mysterious world of Dark Web has it all. One can browse through the dark web marketplaces like People’s Drugs[Read More...]

Dark-Web Browser Partners with US Intelligence Agencies

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. [...]

Tor Project ‘Almost 100% Funded by the US Government’: FOIA

(ZHE) — The Tor Project – a private nonprofit known as the “NSA-proof” gateway to the “dark web,” turns out to be almost “100% funded by the US government” according to documents obtained by investigative journalist and author Yasha Levine. The Tor browser, launched in 2001, utilizes so-called “onion routing” technology developed by the US Navy in 1998 to […]

FOIA Requests Reveal Tor Project’s Close Ties to US Government

The Tor Project – a private nonprofit known as the “NSA-proof” gateway to the “dark web,” turns out to be almost “100% funded by the US government” according to documents obtained by investigative journalist and author Yasha Levine.
The Tor browser, launched in 2001, utilizes so-called “onion routing” technology developed by the US Navy in 1998 to provide anonymity over computer networks.