Law Enforcement Deanonymizes Tor Users (www.schneier.com)

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The German police have successfully deanonymized at least four Tor users. It appears they watch known Tor relays and known suspects, and use timing analysis to figure out who is using what relay.
Tor has written about this.
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[-] lightscription@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Bundeskriminalamt

https://www.bka.de/EN/OurTasks/AreasOfCrime/Cybercrime/cybercrime_node.html

Government (Lodge & Station): their tots, you can't have!

this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2024

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