The Tor Project and Tails OS are merging operations to better collaborate for a free internet by protecting users from surveillance and censorship. The idea of the merger came late last year from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tails will be incorporated "into the Tor Project's structure," which will allow for "easier collaboration, better sustainability, ...

The easiest way to use the digital anonymity service Tor is through the Tor Browser. You download and use it like a regular browser, and it covers your digital ...

A number of messaging services continue to tout their security as assured through encryption. But in a world where some of those services, like Telegram, flip-flop on their privacy policies, ...

The Tor Project has explained its recent decision to remove multiple network relays that represented a threat to the safety and security of all Tor network users. Tor network relays are routing points ...

The Tor Project wants beta testers of its new VPN service to help “[tip] the scales toward a freer internet.” Free to use and available in Google’s Play Store, the recently launched Tor VPN is only ...

“Tor” evokes an image of the dark web; a place to hire hitmen or buy drugs that, at this point, is overrun by feds trying to catch you in the act. The reality, however, is a lot more boring than that ...

Child pornography, drugs and weapons sales and more — Gareth Owenson has spent the past five years of his life indexing and tracking the dark web, and over time his opinion of the Tor Project’s ...

Two direction signs, one pointing left (Censorship) and the other one, pointing right (Free speech). The United Nations (UN)—a forum of 193 nations—regards freedom of expression as a fundamental human ...

The Tor Project announced an entirely new board of directors Wednesday, the latest fallout from a sexual misconduct scandal enveloping its most prominent employee. A blog post on the Tor Project site ...

The Tor Project is seeking to allay fears that its veil of privacy has been pierced. A new report on German efforts to remove illicit content from the Tor network spiked fears that law enforcement had ...

Little is known about how U.S. and European law enforcement shut down more than 400 websites, including Silk Road 2.0, which used technology that hides their true IP addresses. The websites were set ...