Anonymous
2024-08-19 10:25:12 UTC
The National Security Agency uses a bit of jiu-jitsu to turn the
structure of Web ad networks against people who run Tor to remain
anonymous.
Just because the National Security Agency hasn't cracked the
anonymizing service Tor doesn't mean that people who use the
service are free from surveillance.
The NSA has been able to use ad networks like Google's, and The
Onion Router's own entry and exit nodes on the Internet, to follow
some Tor users, according to a new report based on documents
leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden and obtained by security
researcher Bruce Schneier with the Guardian. Tor is primarily
funded by the US State Department and the Department of Defense,
home of the NSA.
https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/nsa-tracks-google-ads-to-find-
tor-users/
structure of Web ad networks against people who run Tor to remain
anonymous.
Just because the National Security Agency hasn't cracked the
anonymizing service Tor doesn't mean that people who use the
service are free from surveillance.
The NSA has been able to use ad networks like Google's, and The
Onion Router's own entry and exit nodes on the Internet, to follow
some Tor users, according to a new report based on documents
leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden and obtained by security
researcher Bruce Schneier with the Guardian. Tor is primarily
funded by the US State Department and the Department of Defense,
home of the NSA.
https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/nsa-tracks-google-ads-to-find-
tor-users/