Over 1 Million People Use Tor To Check Facebook Anonymously Each Month (techcrunch.com)

An anonymous reader writes: More than one million people have used the Tor anonymizing browser to login to Facebook, according to Facebook. Facebook expanded its support for Tor earlier this year as it rolled-out support for the Android Orbot proxy, providing Android Facebook users easier access to use Tor. In October 2014, Facebook created a dedicated onion address for Tor access, once again, making it easier for users to connect via Tor. Tor said some 525,000 people accessed [Facebook] via Tor in June 2015, rising to more than one million this month. "This [Tor] growth is a reflection of the choices that people make to use Facebook over Tor, and the value that it provides them. We hope they will continue to provide feedback and help us keep improving," Facebook added. Users may use Tor to access Facebook because of the location obfuscation feature, as well as to ensure their identity doesn't leak to intermediaries -- such as ISPs or "an agency that surveils the Internet."

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Sorry for the hijacking, but this is too important

[fustakrakich]

Slashdot is deleting comments!

I cannot overstress the importance of stopping this!

Indelible, uneditable comments are Slashdot's last redeeming value! Without it all is lost!

Please, help spread the word, and maybe we can nip this in the bud.

Re:Out of shame probably.

[thegarbz]

Or maybe people in Thailand speaking out against their king, people in China speaking out against their government, or people in Russia proclaiming their love to their homosexual partner.