The developers behind the Tor network have announced a major upcoming change. The free overlay network, which enables ...

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO).

Governments across the globe heavily censor their citizens so they can't view certain types of content. Every March 12, World Day Against Cyber Censorship is held online to draw attention to how these ...

Virtual private networks, proxy servers and Tor all mask your public IP address differently. Here’s how to choose the right tool for your privacy needs.

Although Tor and VPNs both serve to protect privacy, they’re fundamentally different in the way they work. Tor encrypts your data multiple times and forwards it via three independent servers worldwide ...

Identifying users who access Tor hidden services—websites that are only accessible inside the Tor anonymity network—is easier than de-anonymizing users who use Tor to access regular Internet websites.

The Tor Project is attempting to assure users that the network is still safe after a recent investigative report warned that law enforcement from Germany and other countries are working together to ...

The Onion Router (Tor) encrypts the origin of communications to avoid surveillance, ensure uncensored internet browsing and enable the creation and maintenance of anonymous and untraceable onion ...

Facebook has made its site directly available on Tor to prevent access problems for people using the anonymity network and to provide an alternative method of accessing the social network securely.

The Tor Project wants beta testers of its new VPN service to help “[tip] the scales toward a freer internet.” Free to use and available in Google’s Play Store, the recently launched Tor VPN is only ...

Rochester Institute of Technology cybersecurity professor Billy Brumley is helping shed light on dark corners of the internet. Brumley and a multidisciplinary group of researchers from around the ...