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November 12, 2015

Carnegie Mellon may have ratted out Tor users to the FBI

by John_A

U.S. Government Funded TOR Network

In a story that may become an acid test for internet privacy, the operators of the Tor network have accused Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) of taking up to $1 million to help the FBI bust illegal sites. If the allegations are true, the defendants in question certainly had it coming — they include the drug market Silk Road 2.0 and a child pornographer. However, Tor director Roger Dingledine questions the university’s ethics in the attack. “We think it’s unlikely they could have gotten a valid warrant … [since it] appears to have indiscriminately targeted many users at once,” he said.

Via: Matthew Green

Source: Tor

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