Snowden Leaks Show NSA Targets Tor | Linux Today

Snowden Leaks Show NSA Targets Tor

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Sean Michael Kerner
Oct 5, 2013

According to new revelations from data pilfered by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency has for years been going after users of Tor.

The Tor onion router project is used by countless numbers of users around the world in a bid to protect their privacy and provide a degree of anonymity. According to new revelations published today by the Guardian newspaper from data pilfered by whistleblower Edward Snowden, Tor users have been specifically targeted by the National Security Agency for years. –

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Sean Michael Kerner

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