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Beta testing for Tor’s anonymous mobile OS begins this spring

Here are all the details on Tor's new mobile OS.

On Mar 3, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Your own Deep Web site will soon be just a point-and-click away

This isn't your IT guy's Deep Web.

On Mar 3, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Tor takes anonymity mobile with new smartphone OS

Keep the digital spies out of your mobile life with TAILS.

On Feb 27, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Tor is building an anonymous instant messenger

Forget the $16 billion romance between Facebook and WhatsApp. There’s a new messaging tool worth watching.

On Feb 26, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Did Iran just seize a Deep Web drug market?

All in all, Thursday may not have been the best day people for people who enjoy trafficking in illicit goods online.

On Feb 14, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

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5 arrested in connection to prominent Deep Web black markets

Alleged administrators of the black market site Utopia were arrested in Germany and the Netherlands.

On Feb 13, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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In search of Utopia in the Deep Web

Since the fall of Silk Road, there's been no rest on the Deep Web, but new marketplaces could signal a new era for cybercrime. 

On Feb 7, 2014 by Carola Frediani

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The Silk Road’s version of a gang was a nerdy book club

Lead by Silk Road head honcho Dread Pirate Roberts, the book club read everything from anarcho-capitalist classics to The Color Purple.

On Jan 31, 2014 by Tim Sampson

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The next ‘Reddit bomb’ is about to explode over child porn allegations

Reddit's SRS, known for crusading against child abuse images and "jailbait," is taking on the Deep Web.

On Jan 30, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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The final confessions of a Silk Road kingpin

"I'm guilty," Steven Sadler, better known on the Deep Web as Nod, admitted in our first conversation, several weeks after he was let out on bond.

On Jan 22, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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How to create an anonymous alter ego in 6 easy steps

Privacy might be on its deathbed, but making yourself a bit less machine-readable goes a long way to preserving our right to anonymity.

On Jan 21, 2014 by [email protected]

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Microsoft’s secret battle against the Tor botnet

In the battle to clean up millions of infected computers, Microsoft revealed it can remove programs remotely, without users even knowing.

On Jan 16, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Alleged Silk Road owner becomes yoga teacher in prison

Namaste.

On Jan 2, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Why British censors need Tor to track down child porn

Organizations fighting child pornography don't want Tor shut down. Quite the contrary.

On Dec 30, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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As Silk Road 2.0 struggles, new black markets look beyond Tor

A new group believes there’s a different path to take toward black-market nirvana.

On Dec 26, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill