On Sunday 04 Aug 2013 18:48:15 Ian Clarke wrote: > I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this information, but it appears > plausible: > > http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rlo0uu
This one is confusing. It links to a paper claiming radical attacks on Tor, without explaining why. The person who was arrested apparently has been known (speculatively) to be linked with Freedom Hosting for some time; *there is no evidence that the FBI broke Tor itself*, which is the key point here: There is still no publicly visible evidence anywhere that any of the major open source darknets have been compromised in the real world (though of course there are various papers on attacks). This is an interesting fiction that the authorities are maintaining, possibly to maintain intelligence options, given that IMHO compromising Freenet users is well within their capabilities. Also, it initially talks about a 0day in Firefox and then concludes that it's probably not a 0day, it's just obfuscated, and it's specifically for Firefox 17 - presumably they were looking for some specific individual using FF 17 (possibly meaning they were using Debian?) > > Here is a report in a reputable news source, however there is no specific > mention of Tor: > > http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/fbi-bids-to-extradite-largest-childporn-dealer-on-planet-29469402.html http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/alleged-tor-hidden-service-operator-busted-for-child-porn-distribution/ This may be a better source. > > This could lead to a significant influx of users if it results in trust in > Tor hidden services being significantly damaged. We should discuss our > response to it. A few days ago I wrote a detailed but rather long piece comparing Tor to Freenet. IMHO Tor provides greater anonymity today than Freenet, if you use it correctly (most people don't), although it's a debatable point if you want to actually run a hidden website; certainly this is much easier on Freenet, although it has to be static content. Having said that I wasn't aware of the paper the first link above links to when I wrote the below, but there are papers about attacking Freenet too. https://freenetproject.org/faq.html#tor I assume you want to write a press release / website post?
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