-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [ NNSquad ] 81% of Tor users can be de-anonymised by analysing router information, research indicates Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:22:38 +0100 Resent-From: d004620@polito.it Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:19:33 -0800 From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org 81% of Tor users can be de-anonymised by analysing router information, research indicates (The Stack): http://thestack.com/chakravarty-tor-traffic-analysis-141114 "Research undertaken between 2008 and 2014 suggests that more than 81% of Tor clients can be 'de-anonymised' - their originating IP addresses revealed - by exploiting the 'Netflow' technology that Cisco has built into its router protocols, and similar traffic analysis software running by default in the hardware of other manufacturers." - - - Not surprising at all. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy I am a consultant to Google -- I speak only for myself, not for them. Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad