Snap bans anonymous messaging from third-party appsFriend-finding apps will be restricted to adults.By K. Holt, 03.17.2022
Hackers broke into a contractor for Russia's spy agencyThey stole info that included an FSB plan to deanonymize Tor.By J. Fingas, 07.21.2019
Austria draft law would require real names for internet commentsYou could use a public nickname, but anonymity would still disappear.By J. Fingas, 04.21.2019
Karma's anonymizing LTE hotspot arrives January 15thYou can pre-order Karma Black right now.By J. Fingas, 12.20.2017
Russian censorship law bans proxies and VPNsIt's also requiring that you link your phone number to chat apps.By J. Fingas, 07.30.2017
Turkey blocks Tor's anonymity networkIt's harder to evade the country's growing censorship efforts.By J. Fingas, 12.18.2016
Tor exploit targeted visitors to a Dark Web child porn siteThe site may have been under law enforcement scrutiny.By J. Fingas, 12.01.2016
MIT anonymity network promises to be more secure than TorAs long as there's at least one good server, your data remains a secret.By J. Fingas, 07.11.2016
Startups seek to de-anonymize Bitcoin to fight crimeFirms in the US and UK both claim to be able to identify people, breaking one of Bitcoin's key selling points.By D. Cooper, 07.06.2016
Tor accuses CloudFlare of blocking its anonymizing networkThe project doesn't like claims that most of its traffic to CloudFlare is a threat.By J. Fingas, 04.03.2016
Facebook on Android gives you privacy through TorTor's anonymity network now shelters Facebook updates on your phone.By J. Fingas, 01.19.2016
Tor's new executive director is a digital privacy legendThe anonymity network project has picked Shari Steele, the EFF's former leader, as its executive director.By J. Fingas, 12.13.2015