The Tor online window which users use to keep away snoopers may actually be snooping on them!
Tor akaThe Onion Router is a famous weapon to beat censorship laws around the world.
It also provides a private method of communication for journalists, activists, dissidents, students etc.
If you are worried about government snooping on your online behaviour, Tor is the answer.
Tor works by bouncing your connection between multiple encrypted nodes or relays before you reach your destination.
After a few jumps, your true location is lost.
The Silk Road was one such hidden service.
The researchers say that the data mining has two plausible reasons.
The researchers are set to detail their investigation at a hacking conference in August.
For its part, the Tor Foundation says it is aware of the compromised nodes discussed by the researchers.
A future version of the system should be able to lock these nodes out.
source: www.techworm.net
