Online black market Atlantis abruptly shuts down
Atlantis aimed to be a slicker, more user-friendly competitor to industry leader Silk Road.
On Sep 20, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Privacy group demands answers about government’s influence on Tor
EPIC wants to know whether the U.S government has compromized the world’s most famous anonymization software.
On Sep 19, 2013 by Aaron Sankin
Keep your searches for problems, pet peeves, pills, and porn private
Your search patterns reveal a lot about who you are, what you do, and where you live. Here’s how to keep that information secure.
On Sep 16, 2013 by [email protected]
Why Silk Road can’t prevent teens from scoring drugs
Silk Road purchases are designed to be secret, but teens have a terrible track record of bragging about their drug deals online.
On Sep 13, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
How Bitcoin and Tor fail to obscure your identity
Think you’re a master of Internet stealth? Think again.
On Sep 11, 2013 by Miles Klee
Majority of Tor encryption keys may be vulnerable to NSA codebreakers
“The NSA can spend $1 billion on custom chips that can break such a key in a few hours.”
On Sep 8, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
How the Internet powered a DIY drug revolution
From ecstasy busts to underground narcotics cookbooks, this is the untold history of the Internet’s long and intimate relationship with drugs.
On Aug 28, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
100,000 pirates just found their new favorite browser
Pirate Browser users plan to beat government and ISP website filters.
On Aug 13, 2013 by Kris Holt
A tourist’s guide to Tor, the gateway to the Dark Web
In light of the Freedom Hosting bust, it’s time to survey the landscape of the Dark Web and see what still exists.
On Aug 12, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
The Pirate Bay celebrates 10th anniversary with new Web browser
The Pirate Browser is a bundle of the Tor routing client and Firefox Portable browser without “bundled ad-ware, toolbars or other crap.”
On Aug 10, 2013 by Kris Holt
With Tor Mail gone, how will the Dark Web communicate?
Whichever method you choose, make sure you encrypt your senstive messages.
On Aug 8, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
U.S. has 1 week to request extradition for accused child porn host
Eric Marques, allegedly the owner of Freedom Hosting, will remain in Irish custody for one week.
Tor Project advises users to ditch Windows
“To be clear,” wrote Tor’s Roger Dingledine, “while the Firefox vulnerability is cross-platform, the attack code is Windows-specific.”
On Aug 6, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
After Snowden leaks, daily adoption rate of PGP encryption triples
Kristian Fiskerstrand cautions that more users trying it out now doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll adopt the practice permanently.
On Jul 31, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
How big is the Internet’s most notorious black market?
Silk Road vendors have sold an estimated $30-45 million in drugs over the past year.
On Jul 30, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
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