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Tor upgrades to make anonymous publishing safer

  • Written by Philipp Winter, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computer Science, Princeton University
imageTor's improvements can help users stay private and anonymous online.Anonymous online via shutterstock.com

In the coming months, the Seattle-based nonprofit The Tor Project will be making some changes to improve how the Tor network protects users’ privacy and security. The free network lets users browse the internet anonymously. For example,...

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