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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Leaked NSA Documents Reveal The Best Way To Stay Anonymous Online

It's not easy to be truly anonymous online. Sure, there are plenty of chat apps and secret-sharing sites that claim to offer you privacy, but it's tricky to know whether US intelligence agencies have a backdoor to access them.

The best way to stay anonymous online has been to use Tor, a special kind of web browser developed to help US government employees hide their tracks online.

But if you want to be properly anonymous, you need a combination of extra services and websites on top of Tor to avoid detection. Plenty of online guides offer advice on the subject, but it's always been hit and miss.

Now, leaked NSA documents provide a big clue on how to remain hidden. They show that the agency has trouble breaking certain methods of encryption.

Der Spiegel published a collection of documents that detail what systems the NSA has troubling decrypting. Previous documents have focused mainly on what the NSA is good at, not what it finds difficult.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Unless ones goal is to avail ones self.Such is I,laden with humor,morally bankrupt and malicious in spirit.Bring on the lot of them.I have nothing to hide.

ginn said...

More of these insights into what PO's and troubles the NSA need to be brought to light, shared and implemented.