Hacker News with Generative AI: Tor

Leeks and Leaks (haxx.se)
On the completely impossible situation of blocking the Tor .onion TLD to avoid leaks, but at the same time not block it to make users able to do what they want.
Privacy, Tor, Censorship
122 points by mrmanner 8 days ago | 15 comments
New York Times shut down Tor Onion service (nytimes.com)
Today we are announcing an experiment in secure communication, and launching an alternative way for people to access our site: we are making the nytimes.com website available as a Tor Onion Service.
Security, Journalism, Tor, Privacy
251 points by vaygr 70 days ago | 155 comments
Ask HN: Is X.com's (Twitter) Tor Broken? (ycombinator.com)
The preferred TOR location for X.com (twitter) has a broken cert (expired 2023) and returns 503 for all requests.
Security, Tor, Twitter
13 points by tonymet 81 days ago | 1 comments
Ricochet: Peer-to-peer instant messaging system built on Tor hidden services (2017) (github.com/ricochet-im)
Ricochet is an experimental kind of instant messaging that doesn't trust anyone with your identity, your contact list, or your communications.
Privacy, Instant Messaging, Security, Tor
117 points by philonoist 99 days ago | 30 comments
Privacy Pass Authentication for Kagi Search (kagi.com)
Today we are announcing a new privacy feature coming to Kagi Search. Privacy Pass is an authentication protocol first introduced by Davidson et al., in [1], and recently standardized by the IETF as RFCs [2—4]. At the same time, we are announcing the immediate availability of Kagi’s Tor onion service.
Privacy, Search Engines, Security, Tor
939 points by b3n 99 days ago | 341 comments
Tor in Russia: A call for more WebTunnel bridges (torproject.org)
Recent reports from Tor users in Russia indicate an escalation in online censorship with the goal of blocking access to Tor and other circumvention tools. This new wave includes attempts to block Tor bridges and pluggable transports developed by the Tor Project, removal of circumvention apps from stores, and targeting popular hosting providers, shrinking the space for bypassing censorship. Despite these ongoing actions, Tor remains effective.
Tor, Censorship, Russia, Privacy, Internet
6 points by pabs3 176 days ago | 0 comments
Law Enforcement Undermines Tor (marx.wtf)
Few weeks ago, the German political magazine Panorama and STRG_F reported that law enforcement agencies infiltrated the Tor network in order to expose criminals.
Law Enforcement, Tor, Cybersecurity, Privacy
105 points by pantalaimon 211 days ago | 78 comments
Distribute(d) trust – The key to global encryption access (globalencryption.org)
For many vulnerable Internet users, the Tor network is the only way to gain access to encrypted services. It’s made possible by relay operators, the thousands of volunteers who donate their time, technical expertise, and hardware. Join us for a roundtable discussion with individual and institutional relay operators to learn more about the ins and outs of powering a safer, more equitable internet. The virtual live event is part of Tor’s contributions to Global Encryption Day.
Security, Privacy, Tor, Internet, Technology
4 points by pabs3 214 days ago | 0 comments
Firefox and Tor hit with 9.8 critical level exploit (youtube.com)
Security, Firefox, Tor, Exploits
4 points by wappieslurkz 220 days ago | 1 comments
Tor2web: Support SMTP Proxy Services (github.com/tor2web)
In order to foster the developer of an Internet-to-Darknet diffusion, this ticket is to brainstorm the possibility to implement within Tor2web also an SMTP Proxy to let TorHS receive emails from the Internet to their internally running TorHS system.
Tor, Email, Security, Privacy, Open Source
3 points by popcalc 225 days ago | 0 comments
Update on an upcoming German broadcasting story about Tor/Onion Services (torproject.org)
I am reaching out to inform you of an upcoming news story concerning a potential deanonymization attack on Onion Services.
Privacy, Security, Tor, Germany, Journalism
33 points by todsacerdoti 248 days ago | 0 comments
NSA tracks Google ads to find Tor users (cnet.com)
Privacy, Surveillance, Tor, Google, NSA
105 points by fury999io 280 days ago | 69 comments
Arti: A Tor Implementation in Rust (torproject.net)
Rust, Tor, Networking, Privacy, Security
185 points by acheong08 389 days ago | 30 comments
Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy (direct.mit.edu)
Privacy, Tor
294 points by bauruine 394 days ago | 96 comments