anonymity

Neosync: Open-source data anonymization, synthetic data orchestration

December 10, 2024

Neosync is an open-source, developer-centric solution designed to anonymize PII, generate synthetic data, and synchronize environments for improved testing and debugging. What …

Delivering privacy in a world of pervasive digital surveillance: Tor Project’s Executive Director speaks out

August 2, 2023

The overarching mission of the US-based non-profit organization the Tor Project is to advance human rights and make open-source, privacy preserving software available to …

Vulnerability in popular browsers could be used to track, profile users online

May 17, 2021

A vulnerability affecting desktop versions of four popular web browsers could be exploited by advertisers, malicious actors, and other third parties to track and profile users …

How to get affordable DV certificates for onion sites

March 26, 2021

The Tor Project, the nonprofit developers of the Tor network and Tor Browser, have announced two exciting developments for onion services: affordable DV certificates for v3 …

Tor Project launches program to secure funding for software development

September 1, 2020

The Tor Project, the research-education nonprofit organization that maintains software for the Tor anonymity network, has announced a membership program to secure funding that …

How privacy can decrease safety

August 3, 2020

As a software company founder, I spent the majority of 2017 collecting feedback from teens, pediatricians, church leaders, and school administrators of the trends they are …

What is privacy and why does it matter?

July 28, 2020

Privacy is a basic right and a necessary protection in the digital age to avoid victimization and manipulation. In much of the world, privacy is considered a basic human …

Official Tor Browser for Android available on Google Play

May 22, 2019

The Tor Project has released the first stable version of the Tor Browser for Android. The release is referred to as version 8.5, mainly to prevent confusion: Tor Browser …

Researchers release app that masks printers’ tracking dots

June 27, 2018

Did you know that nearly all modern color laser printers put tracking patterns of tiny yellow dots on each piece of paper they print? Most printer manufacturers include these …

Alleged cyberstalker unmasked by VPN logs

October 9, 2017

A Massachusetts man was arrested on cyberstalking charges after the online activities he tried to hide through VPN use were revealed by logs provided by PureVPN. “It is …

Chinese government’s latest crack against online anonymity

August 28, 2017

The Chinese government is dead-set on making it so that all online interactions can be tied to a specific user. The latest move towards this goal came on Friday, when the …

Uncloaking Tor Browser users with DRM-protected files

February 3, 2017

Digital Rights Management (DRM)-protected media files can be used to reveal Tor Browser users’ actual IP address and therefore possibly reveal their identity, …