Tor and VPNs both beef up your privacy through different methods. Learn how they work and which you should use. Moe enjoys making technical content digestible and fun. As a writer and editor for over ...

The Tor Project announced an instant messaging tool today, Tor Messenger. Though not perfect, it's ideal for anyone looking for an IM tool designed with privacy in mind, as it not only encrypts ...

If you value privacy and browsing history when using your Android device, you might want to start using Tor browser instead of the popular yet less secure browsers like Google Chrome. Built to protect ...

In Trump’s America, more and more people are turning to tools that allow them to use the internet privately. Here’s what happened when contributor Jen Rajchel tried Tor for the first time. Tor, short ...

In September 2024, the Germany’s federal criminal police (BKA) and the public prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt, Germany were able to report a success: The suspected operators of the darknet platform ...

Tor VPN is free to use but is still in beta and intended for testing purposes only. Don’t use it for high-stakes or privacy-critical work. Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on ...

Malware writers are increasingly considering the Tor anonymity network as an option for hiding the real location of their command-and-control (C&C) servers, according to researchers from security firm ...

With more people staying at home and working remotely to avoid the COVID-19 outbreak, online security has become an even higher priority. Using a web browser that respects user privacy and keeps your ...

The number of people using the Tor anonymizing browser to access Facebook has passed the one million mark this month for the first time, Facebook has announced. Tor (aka The Onion Router) is a network ...

Tor (The onion router) provides a way to anonymize servers on the internet. If there's content you want to publish while you remain anonymous, Tor is your main option. Over 100,000 Tor sessions are ...

Not everyone who strives to navigate the internet without being tracked is up to no good. This is the underlying premise of a qualitative study led by a trio of Drexel University researchers, who set ...

Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better. Privacy and internet -- sounds like the beginning of a joke, right ...