Crypto Donations to Tor Surged 841% in 2021
Of the nearly $1 million raised by the non-profit, 58% of the donations were in cryptocurrencies.
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Feb 2, 2022 at 9:33 a.m. UTC
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Brave Browser Was Exposing Addresses in Tor Mode for Months
Not only were .onion domain requests observable but so were all domains in Tor tabs. And they had been for months.
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Feb 22, 2021 at 8:32 p.m. UTC
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Brave ‘Bug’ Leaks Users’ Dark Web Browsing Data
Brave, the privacy-oriented internet browser, has been accidentally leaking users’ browsing data due to a bug in its Tor mode code. “The Hash” panel weighs in on what happened and the implications for online privacy and security.
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Feb 22, 2021 at 7:21 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Core’s Latest Release Is Out: Here’s What’s in It
These new features don’t grab headlines every day, but the improvements they make to the Bitcoin network’s privacy, tooling and complex transaction logic are building a stronger foundation.
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Jan 14, 2021 at 9:57 p.m. UTC
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Tor Developers Pursuing ‘Anonymous Tokens’ to Stop Hacks and DoS Attacks
Tokens could be included in a users traffic request, which would allow websites accessible through the Tor network to “intelligently prioritize which requests it answers.”
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Nov 18, 2020 at 10:58 p.m. UTC
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Tor Project Launches Membership Program to Boost Agility, Funds
After laying off a third of its staff in April, the project is looking for ways to increase the “diversity of funds" in its budget.
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Aug 31, 2020 at 9:32 p.m. UTC
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Binance Labs Leads $1M Seed Round in Crypto Tor Alternative HOPR
Binance Labs, the seed funding arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange, has made its first investment of 2020, backing privacy startup HOPR.
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Jul 9, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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Start9 Labs Pitches a Private At-Home Server. And It Works
Start9 Labs’ Embassy server sets up its own private internet network and comes with its own operating system. We tried it.
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Jul 8, 2020 at 4:52 p.m. UTC
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Fake Tor Browser Has Been Spying, Stealing Bitcoin 'For Years'
Hackers have been distributing a compromised version of the official Tor Browser that's packed with malware designed to steal bitcoin.
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Oct 18, 2019 at 12:03 p.m. UTC
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Tor Makes Launching Bitcoin Lightning Nodes Easier for Users, Casa Finds
Casa CTO Jameson Lopp explained how Tor leapfrogs some of the thorny networking hurdles that come with setting up a node.
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May 13, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
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