Tiny Wireless Device Offers Tor Anonymity

Lucas123 writes: The Anonabox router project, currently being funded through a Kickstarter campaign, has surpassed its original $7,000 crowdfunding goal by more than 10 times in just one day. The open source router device connects via Wi-Fi or an Ethernet cable making it harder for your IP address to be seen. While there have been other Tor-enabled routers in the past, they aren't small enough to fit in a shirt pocket like the Anonabox and they haven't offered data encryption on top of the routing network. The device, which is being pitched as a way for consumers to securely surf the web and share content (or allow businesses to do the same), is also being directed at journalists who may want to share stories in places where they might otherwise be censored.

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Re:I wonder how much we can trust it

[TrollstonButterbeans]

Goodbye ISIL, hello Crimson Jihad!

I know this chap means well, but in Middle East they won't be used for freedom.

They will be used to further even more violence and jihad.

Not dissimilar to how food shipments to poor countries doesn't go to hungry people, but the thugs with guns. Or how medical workers in Liberia get attacked.

The world doesn't quite work how we would like it to work. Sadly.