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Japanese Police Urge ISPs To Block Tor

Posted by timothy on from the with-a-name-like-demon-killer dept.

hypnosec writes "Authorities in Japan are presumably worried about their inability to tackle cybercrime and, in a bid to stem one of the sources of anonymous traffic, the National Police Agency (NPA) is asking ISPs to block Tor. The recommendation comes from the special panel formed by the NPA after a hacker going by the name Demon Killer was found to regularly use Tor to anonymize his online activities, like posting of death threats on public message boards."

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  1. Re:Freedom is a two edged sword... by naff89 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe that's why single-edged swords are more popular in Japan.

  2. Re:Japan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the other hand, they have an extremely low rate of violent crime, and the Japanese people seem to be satisfied with that.

    At least the ones who haven't thrown themselves onto one of Japan's many excellent train lines.

  3. Re:Japan by advocate_one · · Score: 1, Funny

    These people who were caught/shot were throwing yet more bombs at the authorities as they were being chased. They had a whole house full of them as well. Do you think they stock piled them just for fun?

    You honestly believe that crap put out by the authorities? they were patsies set up as the fall guys

    --
    Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.