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Virtual black markets, cryptocurrency scams, digital hideouts for hackers and pedophiles. These are the images that the darknet tends to conjure in the popular imagination. But the darknet is more than a secret space for illicit activity. It is also a digital frontier that provides refuge for imperilled reporters and their sources. Over 600 journalists have been killed in the last six years. Hundreds more are imprisoned every day. Turkey alone has jailed 275 journalists since 2016. As the crack...

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WhatsApp has announced changes to its Privacy Policy which will take effect from 8th February. The question now arises that with the update in the privacy policy, why is everyone suddenly getting hyped about the upcoming changes? So there are 3 categories of WhatsApp users right now. One who actually bothered to go through the privacy policy, second are those who just clicked on “Agree” and third are still waiting to make a decision regarding what to do. Unless you have been living under a ...

In this issue, we reflect on the meaning of our thirty-five year anniversary, making sure we look forward, as well as back. We’re particularly excited about the guest articles in this edition that checked in with two important free software projects: Isabela Bagueros, executive director at the Tor Project, wrote about Tor’s efforts to stay connected to users and integrate user feedback into development without compromising user privacy; and Christian Grothoff, a professor at Bern Univ...

Disabled the product where we learned of customer use that is contrary to our policy. the report also finds that countries like bahrain and saudi arabia are using smart sfilter made by mcaphee. the company cannot disclose customer names. the u.s. government is paying some nonprofits to evade ensors. nonprofits like the tor project. >> my website im looking at looks like it comes for the netherlands. im sitting here in america. >> andrew leads researchers whose mission is to remain anonymous onli...