Richard Chirgwin reports: Tor is regularly recommended as a vital privacy protection technology, and just as regularly, researchers discover ways to de-anonymise users, and the latest of these has just hit Arxiv. The research, led by boffins from Princeton, demonstrates ways to de-anonymise Tor users with access to just one end of a communication path,…
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The Clintons Love the Privacy Defense
Joel Gehrke writes: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton invoked the need for personal privacy during her press conference on why she flouted federal policy by using a personal email account exclusively, even for government work, hosted on on a personal server that she is refusing to reveal to anyone outside her team. “No one wants their personal…
Quote of the Day
Via Berin Szoka: Some dismiss #privacy saying they have nothing to hide I don’t accept that argument from anyone wearing clothes – @JoshFairfield #SCUHTLI
A Way Forward: Bruce Schneier’s Data and Goliath Explains Where Our Privacy is Now, and How We Fix It
Cindy Cohn and Nadia Kayyali write: EFF is honored to have renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier as a member of our board and a collaborator for nearly 20 years. But even if we’d never met him, we’d still be incredibly excited about the release of his new book, Data and Goliath. Schneier has been providing detailed analyses of cryptography, big…