[ NNSquad ] Russian government offers huge reward for help unmasking anonymous Tor users

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Russian government offers huge reward for help unmasking anonymous Tor users

(PC World): http://www.pcworld.com/article/2458420/russian-government-offers-money-for-identifying-tor-users.html

   "The Scientific Production Association for Special-Purpose
    Equipment and Communications of the Russian Interior Ministry is
    offering a contract for researching methods of obtaining technical
    information about users and user equipment on the Tor anonymous
    network, according to an entry on the Russian government's
    procurement portal. It's not clear what Tor de-anonymization would
    be used for, but the fact that the tender comes from the Russian
    Ministry of Interior suggests that it could serve law enforcement
    investigations."

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