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Anonabox Accused of Lying About Its Product Being Open-Source On Kickstarter

Posted by samzenpus on from the to-tell-the-truth dept.

blottsie writes The "anonabox" has raised more than $550,000 on Kickstarter in only three days. But some believe the company's claims that the router-like device, which is said to automatically route users' Internet traffic through Tor, is entirely open-source are false. Anonabox developer August Germar tells the Daily Dot, however, that the device was commissioned specifically to run their code.

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  1. Re:A simple link to the code? by aXis100 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The issue doesnt seem to be the code.

    People are claiming that the hardware is just a re-flashed existing micro router, eg here - http://www.aliexpress.com/item...

    Anonabox claim they custom designed the hardware, other are claiming it doesnt seem so, mostly it seems like it a moot point if it's cheap and offers the functionality specified.

  2. Re:I posted a question by Anubis+IV · · Score: 5, Informative

    Someone else put together a handy picture highlighting a number of the errors present in just the description of the product:

    https://twitter.com/Sc00bzT/st...

    Some of them seem to be worth a laugh.