FBI's compromising TOR!
This is going to be a story which has created some commotion in the e-world. Major blow to the anonymity and privacy activists in the internet world!!
So, how does it unravel?
1/ FBI arrests the operator of a Tor-based internet host 'Freedom Hosting', for child porn.
2/ They inject some javascript in its webpages, to compromise the identities of the users, by sending user's IP, hostname, MAC address to a server in Virginia, USA. Some technical details.
3/ Similarly TorMail and Tor Browser Bundles are compromised
4/ TorProject.org was quick to announce that they are no way related to Freedom Hosting (which of course is true for any open source, volunteer organization)
5/ It is 'suspected' that FBI also runs numerous TOR nodes, which helps them break its anonymity.
An interesting article by Bruce Schneier around Government, security and privacy.
Also must read - How to use Tor
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