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  • NSA tracks Google ads to find Tor users

    From Anonymous@noreply@erienetworks.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy on Monday, August 19, 2024 06:25:12
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy

    The National Security Agency uses a bit of jiu-jitsu to turn the
    structure of Web ad networks against people who run Tor to remain
    anonymous.

    Just because the National Security Agency hasn't cracked the
    anonymizing service Tor doesn't mean that people who use the
    service are free from surveillance.

    The NSA has been able to use ad networks like Google's, and The
    Onion Router's own entry and exit nodes on the Internet, to follow
    some Tor users, according to a new report based on documents
    leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden and obtained by security
    researcher Bruce Schneier with the Guardian. Tor is primarily
    funded by the US State Department and the Department of Defense,
    home of the NSA.

    https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/nsa-tracks-google-ads-to-find-
    tor-users/
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  • From noreply@noreply@mixmin.net to alt.privacy on Monday, August 19, 2024 13:24:31
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy

    On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 06:25:12 -0400 (EDT), Anonymous <noreply@erienetworks.net> wrote:
    https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/nsa-tracks-google-ads-to-find-
    tor-users/

    (using Tor Browser 13.5.2) https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/nsa-tracks-google-ads-to-find-tor-users/
    ...
    Oct. 4, 2013 5:39 p.m. PT
    ...able to use ad networks like Google's

    (using Tor Browser 13.5.2)
    https://www.site24x7.com/tools/whois-lookup.html
    Domain cnet.com
    Registrar GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC
    Registered On 1994-03-05T05:00:00Z
    Expires On 2025-03-06T05:00:00Z
    Updated On 2024-02-07T23:01:21Z
    Name Servers NS-CLOUD-A1.GOOGLEDOMAINS.COM
    NS-CLOUD-A2.GOOGLEDOMAINS.COM
    NS-CLOUD-A3.GOOGLEDOMAINS.COM
    NS-CLOUD-A4.GOOGLEDOMAINS.COM

    "big brother is watching you"

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