5 Tools That May Replace Tor As Crackdown on Encryption Nears
Tor, the (in)famous encrypted web browser, may not be strong enough to resist the next generation’s attacks on encryption. What will the next generation of encryption tools look like? Tor came to the forefront of the privacy debate through providing an encrypted web browser used by such services as the Silk Road. In the years since Edward Snowden leaked the NSA’s mass collection of metadata, the amount of Internet users interested in encryption grew dramatically. However, Tor’s encryption may not be completely trusted. In fact, 80% of user types may be de-anonymized within six months,....
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Discussions about encryption are becoming more of a norm than the exception these days, and the situation is only getting direr in certain regions. The Hungarian Parliament is in favour to ban end-to-end encryption in the not-so-distant future. Hungary Takes on End-to-End Encryption. According to local sources, the Hungarian parliament voted on an amendment which prohibits end-to-end encryption in the country. Similar to most other countries in the world taking an aggressive stance on encryption, they label this decision as part of the “ongoing war on terrorism in Hungary”. As a result of....
Days after Prime Minister David Cameron shared hints on a potential crackdown on bitcoin transactions, UK government officials clarified that they have no plans to ban encryption. Cameron's comments against cyrptocurrency transactions came after the deadly terrorist attack in Tunisia, which led to fatalities of 30 UK citizens. At that time, Cameron dropped strong remarks against terrorist groups using encryption technology, citing he wanted to "ensure that terrorists do not have a safe space in which to communicate." This led to speculations that bitcoin firms in the UK might be in....
Explaining how VPN encryption works is quite similar to how Bitcoin works at its core. The RSA key associated with the VPN connection encryption operates similarly to a lock. Using the Internet in China has always been a bit of a struggle, simply because the government is very restrictive regarding which content can be accessed by residents. To counter this problem, many Chinese Internet users have signed up for VPN services to bypass the Great Firewall. But as it turns out, even those services are not free from government surveillance, as their lackluster encryption tools are relatively....
Encryption has always been a hot topic in the world of technology and innovation. Not only does encryption allow both consumers and businesses to keep data safe from prying eyes, but it has also been a thorn in the side of governments around the world. The French government is not a fan of backdoors to break encryption, whereas a recent New York Bill....