Onion Routing

[Koliedrus]

A recent Wired article (http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67542,00.html) begins with:

Privacy tools can sometimes create strange bedfellows.

That's what has happened with an anonymizer system that was originally developed and funded by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to help government employees shield their identity online. It is now being co-funded and promoted by the civil liberties group Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Strange bedfellows indeed. But, I suppose I'll just have to trust that the EFF is what it is and honestly wants to provide secure, non-traceable communication to the masses.

Why are all these red flags popping up in my head?

Here's a link to Tor (http://tor.eff.org/)

[Billyman]

Veddy veddy interdesting.

Thanks man.

[sauron]

A recent Wired article (http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67542,00.html) begins with:


Strange bedfellows indeed. But, I suppose I'll just have to trust that the EFF is what it is and honestly wants to provide secure, non-traceable communication to the masses.

Why are all these red flags popping up in my head?

Here's a link to Tor (http://tor.eff.org/)

I wouldn't know - the EFF has long been known as one of the largest fighters for electronic freedom - to the point that in recent months, they've set up a sub-organization that provides legal counsel for FOSS projects.

And if you don't trust Tor, there's always Mixmaster, freenet and numerous other such projects.


- d.