From the Tor blog: On July 4 2014 we found a group of relays that we assume were trying to deanonymize users. They appear to have been targeting people who operate or access Tor hidden services. The attack involved modifying Tor protocol headers to do traffic confirmation attacks. The attacking relays joined the network on…
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Google Sued by Max Mosley for Showing Sex Party Images
I’m been following this case for years on this blog. Did anyone ever doubt it would come to this? Aoife White reports: Google Inc. (GOOG) was sued by Max Mosley at a London court for showing images of the former Formula One president at a sex party. Mosley is asking the court to compel Google to stop gathering…
Privacy groups call for Facebook to halt off site user tracking plans
Loek Essers reports: U.S. and EU privacy and consumer groups called on privacy regulators to stop Facebook’s plans to gather the Internet browsing patterns of its users while they visit other sites. The groups, gathered in the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC)…
Cat location tracking website stokes fire on privacy debate
Aaron Mamiite reports: A website that tracks and shows the locations of cats through pictures posted on the Internet is revealing online privacy issues. Owen Mundy, an assistant professor of art at Florida State University, used cat pictures and a supercomputer to build the “I Know Where Your Cat Lives” website, which pinpoints the locations…