No, they didn’t name it after me. 
Motherboard reports: Researchers at the Dissent Project are building a new kind of anonymity tool that, when used in conjunction with the Tor anonymity network, could significantly improve online anonymity. Unlike Tor’s onion routing architecture, which routes internet traffic through a series of “onion layers” to obscure your identity, Dissent…
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Despite Law Enforcement Concerns, Lebanon Board Will Reactivate Privacy Network Tor at Kilton Library
From the good-for-them dept., Nora Doyle-Burr reports: The Kilton Public Library will reactivate its piece of the anonymous Internet browsing network Tor, despite law enforcement’s concerns that the network might be used for criminal activities. The Lebanon Library Board of Trustees let stand its unanimous June decision to devote some of the library’s excess bandwidth…
Class action lawsuit filed in California against Twitter for eavesdropping, modifying messages
Raif Karerat reports: A class action lawsuit filed on Monday alleges that social media giant Twitter is using URL shorteners in violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and California’s privacy law. The suit, brought in federal court in San Francisco from Wilford Raney and others similarly is claiming that despite Twitter’s assurances that users…
Man who changed ex-girlfriend’s Facebook profile picture to sexually explicit image jailed for over four years
The Belfast Telegraph reports: A man who changed his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook profile picture to a sexually graphic image more than four years after they broke up has been jailed. Samuel Bishop, 29, pleaded guilty to breaking new revenge porn laws and was jailed for 40 weeks at Dudley Magistrates’ Court. He was also ordered to…