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Submitted by Rain on Sat, 10/05/2013 - 04:41

 

CNN Money: Jeff John Roberts, 10/04/13

 

(gigaom.com [2]) -- A top secret slide show by the National Security Agency shows how the US government has been trying to compromise the Tor network, a tool that allows people to communicate anonymously on the internet.

The slide show [3], published by the Guardian [4] is the latest in a series of leaks from ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The Tor technology it describes was, ironically, largely paid for by the US government as a way to provide a private communication system for the military and for dissidents to escape surveillance.

More: Money.CNN.com [5]

Similar Story: Tor anonymizer network among NSA’s targets, Snowden leaks reveal [6]

 

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  • disclosure [7]

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  • Freedom Project [8]

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[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/nsa-targets-tor-leaks-show-us-weakens-privacy-tools-it-pays-build
[2] http://gigaom.com
[3] http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-stinks-nsa-presentation-document
[4] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-network-encryption
[5] http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/articles/2013_10_04_nsa_targets_tor_leaks_show_how_us_weakens_the_privacy_tools_it_pays_to_build.html
[6] http://rt.com/usa/nsa-target-tor-network-739/
[7] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/disclosure
[8] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/type-post/galactic-free-press/freedom-project