In early January Tor's two of the seven servers that run directory authorities were compromised, along with a new server recently seted up to serve metrics data and graphs. The three servers have since been reinstalled with service migrated to other servers. There are fresh identity keys for the two directory authorities, which is why users need to upgrade.
Read more »Tor anonymity network infrastructure cracked
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Thoughts about ISPs, privacy and GNUnet
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Most of Moscow's ISPs blocked PirateBay's BitTorrent tracker. That forced me to thought about privacy, anonymity and freedom-related questions in Internet. And possible solutions to stay free and protected from moneyloving ISPs and their "rulers".
Read more »How to be anonymous online with Incognito
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At first glance Incognito may seem suited only for the extremely paranoid, because of the totality of tools it offers to hide your online presence. This 430MB-ish live CD has many faithful users, but I can't quote any on its usefulness since their identities couldn't be confirmed. Yes, Incognito is that good.
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An introduction to GNUnet
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Anonymity and deniability in distributing information are two of the goals of the GNUnet project. At its heart, GNUnet is a mechanism to share content with others without revealing who generated the content or who accessed it. It also provides intermediate nodes in the network with the ability to deny knowledge of the contents of any traffic they forward because they are unable to decrypt it.
Read more »GNU/Linux free software tools to preserve your online privacy, anonymity and security
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Whether you are online or offline, freedom matters. Like good health you never think about it or miss it until it is under threat or actually gone. If you love freedom, you probably love free software and it has given us some terrific tools with which to defend freedom.
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Free as in Speech: The First Amendment, Anonymity, and the Internet
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Groklaw's Pamela Jones is all too familiar with the concept of free speech and anonymity online. Jones enjoyed a brief period of anonymity when she started Groklaw, writing as “PJ” on the site, but soon her identity became a topic of speculation and controversy within the open source community. In this article, Jones answers questions about anonymity, free speech, and the Internet.
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