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New 'Hardened' Tor Browser Protects Users From FBI Hacking (vice.com)
An anonymous reader quotes an article from Motherboard: According to a new paper, security researchers are now working closely with the Tor Project to create a "hardened" version of the Tor Browser, implementing new anti-hacking techniques which could dramatically improve the anonymity of users and further frustrate the efforts of law enforcement...
"Our solution significantly improves security over standard address space layout randomization (ASLR) techniques currently used by Firefox and other mainstream browsers," the researchers write in their paper, whose findings will be presented in July at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium in Darmstadt, Germany.
The researchers say Tor is currently field-testing their solution for an upcoming "hardened" release, making it harder for agencies like the FBI to crack the browser's security, according to Motherboard. "[W]hile that defensive advantage may not last for too long, it shows that some in the academic research community are still intent on patching the holes that their peers are helping government hackers exploit."
"Our solution significantly improves security over standard address space layout randomization (ASLR) techniques currently used by Firefox and other mainstream browsers," the researchers write in their paper, whose findings will be presented in July at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium in Darmstadt, Germany.
The researchers say Tor is currently field-testing their solution for an upcoming "hardened" release, making it harder for agencies like the FBI to crack the browser's security, according to Motherboard. "[W]hile that defensive advantage may not last for too long, it shows that some in the academic research community are still intent on patching the holes that their peers are helping government hackers exploit."
Since you're going AC I'll go AC too. I just wanted you to know that you're a fucking inbred donkey cunt. Have a nice day :)
The article never stated that Tor (or the hardened branch of the Tor Browser) was designed to frustrate law enforcement. Only that it could, which is a true statement. It's simply an unintentional though welcome side-effect.
Isn't it useless on Windows 10, where Microsoft monitors everything you type and every site you go to? The govt. probably doesn't even need a warrant because you "have no expectation of privacy" on your data in Microsoft's databases. Thus do they have warrantless access to your privacy because of some fine print on page 287 of your Windows click-through license agreement.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.