Torpark

Paul · 20-09-2006, 12:14

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm

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Web users worried about privacy can now use a modified version of Firefox that lets them browse the net anonymously.

The Torpark browser has been created by a hacking group and uses technology backed by digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Torpark uses its own network of net routers to anonymise the traffic people generate when they browse the web.

The browser can be put on a flash memory stick so users can turn any PC into an anonymous terminal.

Hide and seek

The Torpark tool has been created by Hacktivismo - an international coalition of hackers, human rights workers, lawyers and artists.

Torpark uses the Tor network of internet routers set up by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that already has tens of thousands of regular users.

Torpark
Wonder if this one is truly anonymous

DocDutch · 20-09-2006, 12:21

sounds a bit too much like that "Browzar" which was spyware fantastic :O

Paul · 20-09-2006, 14:13

Like I said.... I wonder

lol

**Chris** · 20-09-2006, 14:40

Sounds like a paedophile's charter to me.

Paul · 20-09-2006, 14:52

Does beg the question of just how far people want to go to cover their tracks..... and why.

Gareth · 20-09-2006, 15:01

Now now, there are legitimate reasons why someone would use TOR. Just ask anyone in a repressed country such as China, or any number of middle-eastern countries, where your liberties online are supressed.

Annonymous internet usage does not have to imply illegal activities - even in "civilised" countries. There are times when someone accessing or posting sensitive information could be putting themself at risk.

Paul · 20-09-2006, 15:07

Unfortunately there will also be a certain amount of usage of this system by groups who aren't using it for those reasons

I wonder what safeguards are in place to stop it becoming swamped by the dregs of society?

punky · 20-09-2006, 15:10

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Originally Posted by Paul

Unfortunately there will also be a certain amount of usage of this system by groups who aren't using it for those reasons

I wonder what safeguards are in place to stop it becoming swamped by the dregs of society?

That's life... You have to give everyone the privleges and freedoms whether they deserve it or not... Like giving freedom of speech to a KKK member.