Tor anonymizing tool stymied FBI child porn inquiry, document reveals

Tor, the anonymizing tool used by everyone from privacy advocates to drug dealers to dissidents, has apparently stopped the FBI from pursuing a potential child pornography bust on at least one occasion. A report recently released by the Department of Justice discusses how content on one of the largest anonymous "darknet" sites, Silk Road, was untraceable due to Tor. A user had reported finding an "adult" section that appeared to contain pictures of very young children, after which he wiped his hard drive. "Because everyone (all internet traffic) connected to the TOR network is anonymous," the report reads, "there is not currently a way to trace the origin of the website. As such no other inv... »read more

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